Definition of laborer
: one that labors; specifically : a person who does unskilled physical work for wages
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Examples of laborer in a Sentence
He has been working as a laborer on a construction project.
having no real skills, the men could only find work as laborers unloading cargo ships
Recent Examples of laborer from the Web
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The prevailing wage law sets pay scales, often driven by union wages, for laborers on public works projects.
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Cynics might suggest that a shrinking Germany wants young, cheap manual laborers.
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Highland resident Gene Hermann was living in Robertsdale at the time, and was employed as a laborer at the refinery.
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At the Gallery at Market East, laborers are breaking up loads of heavy material that might have been moved using equipment operated by Local 542 members.
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The measure would require new hires to pay more into the municipal workers and laborers retirement funds and also increase the amount taxpayers contribute to those plans.
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A few years ago, Marty Potts' family, which has farmed in Loudoun County for decades, had to abandon its dairy operation, which requires many laborers, to focus on beef farming, which requires fewer.
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Since leaving school, Xu worked as a casual laborer near his residence in Xuzhou.
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The comedy in this production is carried primarily by two characters: Pompey (David Coffee), a laborer whose many jobs include being a bartender at a bawdy house, and Lucio (Garret Storms), a goofy and loquacious friend of Claudio.
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First Known Use of laborer
14th century
LABORER Defined for English Language Learners
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: a person who does hard physical work for money
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: a person who does physical work for pay a farm laborer
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