Phrase guide

day laborer

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A laborer who is hired and paid one day at a time, with no promise that more work will be available in the future.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: day labourer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُياوِم (muyāwim) — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Bulgarian: надничар (nadničar) — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Catalan: jornaler — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Catalan: jornalera — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 日工 (rìgōng) — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 日結工 /日结工 (rìjiégōng) — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Czech: nádeník — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Faroese: bønarmaður — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Finnish: päivätyöläinen — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Galician: seareiro — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Galician: xornaleiro — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • German: Tagelöhner — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐍃𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 (asneis) — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Ancient Greek: ἔριθος (érithos) — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Ingrian: päiväläin — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Japanese: 日雇い (hiyatoi) — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Korean: 날일꾼 (narilkkun) — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Luxembourgish: Doléiner — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Macedonian: надничар (nadničar) — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Polish: osoba pracująca na dniówkę — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Portuguese: jornaleiro — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Portuguese: jornaleira — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Portuguese: maltês — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Portuguese: maltesa f ganhão — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Romanian: zilier — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Romanian: zilieră — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Russian: подёнщик (podjónščik) — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Russian: подёнщица (podjónščica) — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Spanish: jornalero — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Spanish: jornalera — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Turkish: gündelikçi — laborer who is paid one day at a time
  • Ottoman Turkish: رنجبر (rencber) — laborer who is paid one day at a time