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A person with temporary permission to work in another country.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a person with temporary permission to work in another country
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a Moroccan guestworker in Canada was accused of aiding terrorists
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: guestworker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: workman, workingman, working man, working person
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
punëtor migrant
— guest worker
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Albanian:
punëtor mysafir
— guest worker
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Arabic:
عَامِل ضَيْف
(ʕāmil ḍayf)
— guest worker
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Arabic:
عَامِل أَجْنَبِيّ
(ʕāmil ʔajnabiyy)
— guest worker
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Armenian:
խոպանչի
(xopančʻi)
— guest worker
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Azerbaijani:
qastarbayter
— guest worker
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Azerbaijani:
əmək mühaciri
— guest worker
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Belarusian:
гаста́рбайтэр
(hastárbajter)
— guest worker
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Bulgarian:
гаста́рбайтер
(gastárbajter)
— guest worker
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Catalan:
treballador convidat
— guest worker
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Catalan:
treballadora convidada
— guest worker
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Chinese Mandarin:
外籍勞工 /外籍劳工
(wàijí láogōng)
— guest worker
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Chinese Mandarin:
外勞 /外劳
(wàiláo)
— guest worker
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Chinese Mandarin:
客工
(kègōng)
— guest worker
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Danish:
fremmedarbejder
— guest worker
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Danish:
migrantarbejder
— guest worker
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Danish:
gæstearbejder
— guest worker
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Dutch:
gastarbeider
— guest worker
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Dutch:
gastarbeidster
— guest worker
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Finnish:
vierastyöläinen
— guest worker
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French:
travailleur invité
— guest worker
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French:
travailleuse invitée
— guest worker
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French:
travailleur étranger
— guest worker
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French:
travailleuse étrangère
— guest worker
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French:
travailleur immigré
— guest worker
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French:
travailleuse immigrée
— guest worker
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German:
Gastarbeiter
— guest worker
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German:
Gastarbeiterin
— guest worker
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German:
ausländischer Arbeitnehmer
— guest worker
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German:
ausländische Arbeitnehmerin
— guest worker
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Hebrew:
מהגר עבודה
— guest worker
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Indonesian:
pekerja migran
— guest worker
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Japanese:
外国人労働者
(gaikokujin-rōdōsha)
— guest worker
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Japanese:
ガストアルバイター
(gasutoarubaitā)
— guest worker
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Korean:
외국인 노동자
(oegugin nodongja)
— guest worker
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Macedonian:
гастарбајтер
(gastarbajter)
— guest worker
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Norwegian Bokmål:
gjestearbeider
— guest worker
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Norwegian Bokmål:
fremmedarbeider
— guest worker
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
gjestearbeidar
— guest worker
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
framandarbeidar
— guest worker
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Persian:
کارگر مهاجر
(kârgar-e mohâjer)
— guest worker
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Polish:
gastarbeiter
— guest worker
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Polish:
gastarbajter
— guest worker
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Portuguese:
trabalhador convidado
— guest worker
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Portuguese:
trabalhadora convidada
— guest worker
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Russian:
гаста́рбайтер
(gastárbajter)
— guest worker
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Russian:
гастарба́йтер
(gastarbájter)
— guest worker
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Russian:
иностра́нный рабо́чий
(inostránnyj rabóčij)
— guest worker
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Russian:
заробитча́нин
(zarobitčánin)
— guest worker
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Serbo-Croatian:
печалбар
— guest worker
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Serbo-Croatian:
pečalbar
— guest worker
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Serbo-Croatian:
гастарбајтер
— guest worker
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Serbo-Croatian:
gastarbajter
— guest worker
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Serbo-Croatian:
gastarbeiter
— guest worker
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Spanish:
trabajador invitado
— guest worker
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Spanish:
trabajadora invitada
— guest worker
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Spanish:
trabajador extranjero
— guest worker
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Spanish:
trabajadora extranjera
— guest worker
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Spanish:
gastarbeiter
— guest worker
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Swedish:
gästarbetare
— guest worker
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Tajik:
муҳоҷири корӣ
(muhojir-i kori)
— guest worker
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Turkish:
gastarbeiter
— guest worker
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Ukrainian:
гаста́рбайтер
(hastárbajter)
— guest worker
