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TOEFL BNC: 0 COCA: 6939

laborer

laborer (US) noun
or British labourer /ˈleɪbɚrɚ/
plural laborers
laborer (US)
noun
or British labourer /ˈleɪbɚrɚ/
plural laborers
Learner's definition of LABORER
[count]
: a person who does hard physical work for money体力劳动者;劳工;工人
see also day laborer
TOEFL BNC: 0 COCA: 6939

laborer

noun

la·​bor·​er ˈlā-bər-ər How to pronounce laborer (audio)
: one that labors
specifically : a person who does unskilled physical work for wages

Example Sentences

He has been working as a laborer on a construction project. they could only find work as laborers unloading cargo ships
Recent Examples on the Web Paul Palermo lived a tough childhood as a laborer in a southern Illinois coal mine. Fox News, 12 Aug. 2022 The skull was allegedly found in mysterious circumstances almost 90 years ago, when a Chinese laborer working on a bridge over the Songhua River pulled it out of nearby sediment, according to the London Natural History Museum (NHM). Julia Musto, Fox News, 26 June 2021 In Hong Kong, Ni worked as a laborer, and by chance entered a writing competition in a local newspaper. Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 July 2022 A hundred years ago, in what was then the semi-rural farming community of Watts, a 40ish-year-old Italian immigrant laborer named Sabato Rodia bought a little home on a dead-end block by the railroad tracks and started collecting junk. Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2021 Michael Wayne Jackson, a 62-year-old laborer who lived with his brother in Sunnyside, was pronounced dead on scene. Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 17 Dec. 2021 The average annual salary for an Irish laborer is about $35,000. Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 11 July 2022 At a time when an unskilled laborer was earning around £2 per year, that was a pretty hefty sum. Anne Thériault, Longreads, 21 June 2022 Goul Mohamed, a laborer in Herat, received $4,500 for his 15-year-old son's kidney to pay off his debts. The Week Staff, The Week, 5 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of laborer was in the 14th century
TOEFL BNC: 0 COCA: 6939

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