laborer
noun
la·bor·er
ˈlā-bər-ər 
: one that labors
specifically
: a person who does unskilled physical work for wages
Examples of laborer in a Sentence
He has been working as a laborer on a construction project.
they could only find work as laborers unloading cargo ships
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In Muslim villages, Sacco’s interviewees tell him that only women and children threw stones; among the Jats, the party line is that no Muslim laborers were killed, and everyone left peacefully on their own.
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Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
Now, the institute is considered a leader in heat research, and its impact on athletes, laborers and the military.
—Erin Hassanzadeh, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2025
Some Republicans have also pushed back against changes to visa programs for migrant laborers and in favor of more permanent status for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 16 Dec. 2025
From Valdez’s early days on the picket lines in the 1960s with Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta his theater group El Teatro Campensino (the Workers' Theater) challenged the narrative that farmworkers were foreign laborers rather than indigenous peoples working their ancestors' land.
—David Alvarado, Time, 15 Dec. 2025
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Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
Now, the institute is considered a leader in heat research, and its impact on athletes, laborers and the military.
—Erin Hassanzadeh, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2025
Some Republicans have also pushed back against changes to visa programs for migrant laborers and in favor of more permanent status for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 16 Dec. 2025
From Valdez’s early days on the picket lines in the 1960s with Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta his theater group El Teatro Campensino (the Workers' Theater) challenged the narrative that farmworkers were foreign laborers rather than indigenous peoples working their ancestors' land.
—David Alvarado, Time, 15 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for laborer
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“Laborer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laborer. Accessed 27 Dec. 2025.
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laborer
noun
la·bor·er
ˈlā-bər-ər
: one that works
especially
: a person who does unskilled physical work for wages
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