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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
a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: day labourer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
مُياوِم
(muyāwim)
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Bulgarian:
надничар
(nadničar)
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Catalan:
jornaler
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Catalan:
jornalera
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Chinese Mandarin:
日工
(rìgōng)
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Chinese Mandarin:
日結工 /日结工
(rìjiégōng)
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Czech:
nádeník
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Faroese:
bønarmaður
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Finnish:
päivätyöläinen
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Galician:
seareiro
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Galician:
xornaleiro
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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German:
Tagelöhner
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Gothic:
𐌰𐍃𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃
(asneis)
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Ancient Greek:
ἔριθος
(érithos)
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Ingrian:
päiväläin
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Japanese:
日雇い
(hiyatoi)
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Korean:
날일꾼
(narilkkun)
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Luxembourgish:
Doléiner
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Macedonian:
надничар
(nadničar)
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Polish:
osoba pracująca na dniówkę
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Portuguese:
jornaleiro
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Portuguese:
jornaleira
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Portuguese:
maltês
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Portuguese:
maltesa f ganhão
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Romanian:
zilier
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Romanian:
zilieră
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Russian:
подёнщик
(podjónščik)
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Russian:
подёнщица
(podjónščica)
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Spanish:
jornalero
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Spanish:
jornalera
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Turkish:
gündelikçi
— laborer who is paid one day at a time
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Ottoman Turkish:
رنجبر
(rencber)
— laborer who is paid one day at a time