noun
Meaning 1
One who labors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Examples
- Near-synonyms: worker, toiler
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: worker, toiler
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
laborer
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˈleɪ.bɚ.ɹɚ/
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noun
Meaning 2
One who labors.
One who uses bodily strength rather than intellect to earn a wage, usually hourly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Examples
- Near-synonym: toiler
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: worker, toiler, manual laborer, manual labourer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: worker
noun
Meaning 3
someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: manual laborer, labourer, jack
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: workman, workingman, working man, working person
Narrower terms: agricultural laborer, agricultural labourer, bracero, cleaner, day laborer, day labourer, digger, dishwasher, drudge, peon, navvy, galley slave, gandy dancer, gravedigger, hewer, hired hand, hand, hired man, hod carrier, hodman, itinerant, gypsy, gipsy, lumberman, lumberjack, logger, feller, faller, miner, mineworker, muleteer, mule skinner, mule driver, skinner, platelayer, tracklayer, porter, rail-splitter, splitter, sawyer, section hand, sprayer, stacker, steeplejack, stevedore, loader, longshoreman, docker, dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper, lumper, stoker, fireman, woodcutter, wrecker, yardman
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English labor Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English laborer From labor + -er.
Across languages
Translations
82 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Aghwan: 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐔽𐔰𐕄 (muˁaḳ) — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Albanian: argat — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Arabic: عَامِل (ʕāmil) — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Arabic: عَامِلَة (ʕāmila) — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Armenian: բանվոր (banvor) — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Azerbaijani: işçi — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Azerbaijani: fəhlə — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Azerbaijani: zəhmətkeş — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Bulgarian: общ работник (obšt rabotnik) — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Catalan: obrer — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Chinese Mandarin: 勞動者 /劳动者 (láodòngzhě) — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Chinese Mandarin: 工人 (gōngrén) — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Czech: dělník — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Danish: arbejder — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Danish: arbejdsmand — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Danish: landarbejder — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Dutch: arbeider — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Egyptian: kA-w-t:y-D40 (kꜣwtj) — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Esperanto: laboristo — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Estonian: tööline — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Finnish: työntekijä — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Finnish: työläinen — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- French: ouvrier — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Georgian: მუშა (muša) — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Georgian: მუშაკი (mušaḳi) — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- German: Arbeiter — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐍅𐌰 (waurstwa) — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Greek: εργάτης (ergátis) — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Greek: δουλευτής (douleftís) — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Ancient Greek: ἐργάτης (ergátēs) — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Ancient Greek: ἐργάτις (ergátis) — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Gujarati: મજુરિ (majuri) — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Hungarian: munkás — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Hungarian: kétkezi/fizikai munkás — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Hungarian: segédmunkás — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Indonesian: buruh — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Irish: sclábhaí — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Italian: lavoratore — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Italian: operaio — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Central Kurdish: کرێکار (krêkar) — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Northern Kurdish: karker — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Northern Kurdish: rêncber — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Latin: cerdō — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Latin: operārius — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Macedonian: ра́ботник (rábotnik) — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Macedonian: рабо́тничка (rabótnička) — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Malay: buruh — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Manx: obbree — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Māori: poroteke — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Māori: ihu oneone — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Mongolian: үйлдвэрчин (üjldverčin) — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Occitan: obrièr — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Polish: robotnik — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Polish: robotnica — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Portuguese: operário — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Portuguese: trabalhador — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Portuguese: obreiro — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Romanian: lucrător — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Romanian: muncitor — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Russian: чернорабо́чий (černorabóčij) — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Russian: рабо́чий (rabóčij) — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Scottish Gaelic: obraiche — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Serbo-Croatian: rȃdnīk — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Serbo-Croatian: rȃdnica — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Sicilian: lavuraturi — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Sicilian: lavureri — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Spanish: obrero — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Spanish: currito — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Spanish: laborador — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Spanish: currante — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Spanish: laburante — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Swedish: arbetare — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Swedish: kroppsarbetare — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Thai: กรรมกร (gam-má-gɔɔn) — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Tocharian B: kapyāre — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Ottoman Turkish: ارغات (ırgat) — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Udi: ашбал (ašbal) — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Udi: аьшбал (äšbal) — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Urdu: مزدور (mazdūr) — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Volapük: voban — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Volapük: hivoban — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
- Volapük: jivoban — One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
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