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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Last August, in Los Angeles County, when agents appeared near a Home Depot in Monrovia, a day laborer fled on foot into the freeway and was struck and killed by a car.
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Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
Called to quell the laborers, the GEB used live ammunition against them.
—Sophia La Banca, JSTOR Daily, 11 Mar. 2026
No workers for mundane tasks Diez revealed that manufacturers worldwide are struggling to find laborers for highly repetitive physical tasks.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Mar. 2026
The voices captured on that wall belong not to emperors or senators, but to lovers, laborers, sports fans, and artists who left their marks in a corridor between two theaters, never imagining those marks would still be read 2,000 years later.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
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Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
Called to quell the laborers, the GEB used live ammunition against them.
—Sophia La Banca, JSTOR Daily, 11 Mar. 2026
No workers for mundane tasks Diez revealed that manufacturers worldwide are struggling to find laborers for highly repetitive physical tasks.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Mar. 2026
The voices captured on that wall belong not to emperors or senators, but to lovers, laborers, sports fans, and artists who left their marks in a corridor between two theaters, never imagining those marks would still be read 2,000 years later.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
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“Laborer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laborer. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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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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