laborer
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dogsbody [chiefly British], drone, drudge, drudger, fag, foot soldier, grub, grubber, grunt, peon, plugger, slave, slavey, slogger, toiler, worker
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In the past, the men of the village worked as migrant laborers in Saudi Arabia, whose border is 80 miles away. — Declan Walsh, The Seattle Times, "The tragedy of Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen," 26 Oct. 2018 His parents, Antonio Neves Leitao and Anna Silva Garcia, had emigrated from Cape Verde, an archipelago nation about 385 miles off the coast of Senegal, and worked in Massachusetts as itinerant agricultural laborers. — Mitch Smith, New York Times, "George N. Leighton, Lawyer Who Fought Segregation, Dies at 105," 15 June 2018 Boys worked as farm laborers, baling hay and handling chores. — Jeff Gammage, Philly.com, "A search for native children who died on 'Outings' in Pa.," 2 May 2018 Blundstone boots were originally intended for laborers working in Tasmania’s harsh outback during Australia’s colonial days in the late-19th century. — Ha Duong, WSJ, "These Are the Ideal, Affordable, All-Weather Men’s Boots," 18 Apr. 2019 Government employees, agricultural laborers, independent contractors, and supervisors (with limited exceptions), as well as domestic workers and those covered by the Railway Labor Act are excluded from the NLRA. — Kim Kelly, Teen Vogue, "Freelancers Want to Join Unions but Labor Laws Won't Let Them," 4 Apr. 2019 The phalanxes of Chinese laborers shipped in for the work are often unpopular with locals and largely reliant on host governments to arrange security. — Eva Dou, WSJ, "Militants Attack Chinese Consulate in Pakistan," 23 Nov. 2018 Local workers accused the Chinese laborers of undercutting their wages, and things turned ugly. — Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, "raceAhead: The #MeToo Stars Shine at The Golden Globes," 8 Jan. 2018 The laborers to Russia has been going on the whole time. — Fox News, "John Bolton on Maduro 'assassination' attempt, Russian election meddling," 5 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'laborer.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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