noun
Meaning 1
UK standard spelling of laborer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
labourer
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UK: /ˈleɪ.bə.ɹə/
noun
Meaning 2
someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: laborer, manual laborer, 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 labour 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 labourer From labour + -er.
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