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laborer

US/ˈleɪ.bɚ.ɹɚ/

laborer noun: one who labors.

Noun

laborer (plural laborers)

  1. (US) One who labors.
    • Near-synonyms: worker, toiler
    Synonyms:
    worker, toiler
    1. (US) One who uses bodily strength rather than intellect to earn a wage, usually hourly.
      • Near-synonym: toiler

laborer meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

laborer in Hindi

a laborer or worker who receives a monthly salary
मासभृत māsbhŕt

laborer in Urdu

One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage
مزدور mazdūr

laborer in Bengali

laborer
কুলি kuli

laborer in Telugu

laborer, toiler
శ్రామికుడు śrāmikuḍu
More languagesFewer languages
laborer in Gujarati
મજુરિ majuri
laborer in Odia
ମୁନୁଷ munuṣa
laborer in Arabic
عَامِل ʕāmil, عَامِلَة ʕāmila
laborer in Malay
buruh
laborer in Indonesian
buruh
laborer in Thai
กรรมกร gam-má-gɔɔn

Examples of laborer in a sentence

  • I hired a manual laborer to re-shingle my roof.
  • They hired out as day laborers.
  • But in a high-wage economy like Finland, finding those data laborers was difficult.

All 39 example sentences with laborer

Synonyms of laborer

Forms of laborer

plurallaborers
alternative formlabourer

Plural of laborer: laborers

Origin of laborer

From labor + -er.

Words formed from laborer

Phrases with laborer

Questions about laborer

What does laborer mean?
Laborer means one who labors.
What is laborer in Hindi?
Laborer in Hindi is मासभृत (māsbhŕt). See Laborer meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is laborer?
Laborer is a noun.
How do you pronounce laborer?
Laborer is pronounced /ˈleɪ.bɚ.ɹɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of laborer?
The plural of laborer is laborers.

Words near laborer in the dictionary

  1. Labordes
  2. labored
  3. labored breathing
  4. labored the point
  5. laboredly
  6. laborer
  7. laborers
  8. laboress
  9. laboresses
  10. laborforce
  11. laborforces

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: laborer (page history and authors); मासभृत (Hindi) (page history and authors); কুলি (Bengali) (page history and authors); శ్రామికుడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); ମୁନୁଷ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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