noun
Meaning 1
One who performs manual labor
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I hired a manual laborer to re-shingle my roof.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
manual laborer
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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, 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
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Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 體力勞動者 /体力劳动者 (tǐlì láodongzhě) — one who performs manual labor
- Esperanto: manlaboristo — one who performs manual labor
- Finnish: työmies — one who performs manual labor
- Finnish: ruumiillisen työn tekijä — one who performs manual labor
- Finnish: hanslankari — one who performs manual labor