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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Trump is attacking immigration at both ends of spectrum, deporting low-wage laborers and discouraging skilled foreigners from bringing their talents to the United States.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
No one considered whether Bethea’s cleaning of the room as a laborer for Edwards could have created those same fingerprints.
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This film exposes the harsh contrast between the lives of people who enjoy cutting-edge technology in Silicon Valley and the laborers in the Global South who teach the machines to see.
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Finding enough workers to fill open landscaping positions has long been a struggle, even when firms can bring in foreign laborers.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
No one considered whether Bethea’s cleaning of the room as a laborer for Edwards could have created those same fingerprints.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
This film exposes the harsh contrast between the lives of people who enjoy cutting-edge technology in Silicon Valley and the laborers in the Global South who teach the machines to see.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Finding enough workers to fill open landscaping positions has long been a struggle, even when firms can bring in foreign laborers.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 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 24 Oct. 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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