n.
[Written also labourer.]
One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a person who does work that requires strength rather than skill, as distinguished from that of an artisan.
laborer
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noun
- One who labors: hand, operative, roustabout, worker, working girl, workingman, workingwoman, workman, workwoman. See work/play.
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IN BRIEF: One who works for wages.
There are treasures in books that all the money in the world cannot buy, but the poorest laborer can have for nothing.
— Robert Ingersoll (1833-1899)
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
Synonyms: manual laborer, labourer, jack
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