a person engaged in physical work, esp of an unskilled kind
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
la•bor•er /ˈleɪbərɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- a worker whose work requires bodily strength rather than mental skill or learning.
la•bor•er
(lā′bər ər),USA pronunciation n.
- a person engaged in work that requires bodily strength rather than skill or training:a laborer in the field.
- any worker.
- 1275–1325; Middle English; see labor, -er1
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'laborer' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
appleknocker
- bohunk
- bracero
- carl
- coolie
- cottager
- crib
- day labor
- day laborer
- descamisado
- dock-walloper
- docker
- esne
- fellah
- floorman
- grunt
- hand
- hard-fisted
- help
- hind
- hire
- hired hand
- itinerant
- lab
- labourer
- lumper
- meat
- mechanical
- meringue
- migrant
- navvy
- peon
- plowman
- pollo
- rat
- redneck
- roughneck
- roustabout
- sandhog
- spalpeen
- stiff
- stoker
- swamper
- transient
- wage earner
- wetback
- worker