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dataler

dataler noun: a worker who is hired and paid by the day, especially an underground mine worker.

Noun

dataler (plural datalers)

  1. (historical) A worker who is hired and paid by the day, especially an underground mine worker.

Forms of dataler

pluraldatalers
alternative formdaytaler

Origin of dataler

From a dialectal form of day tale + -er, as the salary is told by the day; the first element is perhaps analogous to Icelandic dagatal.

Questions about dataler

What does dataler mean?
Dataler means a worker who is hired and paid by the day, especially an underground mine worker.
What part of speech is dataler?
Dataler is a noun.
What is the plural of dataler?
The plural of dataler is datalers.

Words near dataler in the dictionary

  1. dataism
  2. dataist
  3. dataists
  4. Datakan
  5. datal
  6. dataler
  7. datalers
  8. dataless
  9. datalessness
  10. datalike
  11. datalink

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