labourer
UK/ˈleɪ.bə.ɹə/
labourer noun: UK standard spelling of laborer.
Noun
labourer (plural labourers)
- UK standard spelling of laborer.
- This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- By the mid-19th century, the typical village was sharply divided between the landowning class and the landless, voteless and largely illiterate labourers.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 392
labourer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
labourer in Hindi
- labourer, worker
- मज़दूर mazdūr, कामगार kāmgār, श्रमजीवी śramjīvī
- labourer, workman
- श्रमिक śramik
- labourer
- बेलदार beldār
labourer in Tamil
- தொழிலாளர்
labourer in Urdu
- labourer, worker
- مزدور mazdūr
- labourer
- قلی qulī
labourer in Bengali
- labourer
- জন jon
More languagesFewer languages
- labourer in Malayalam
- തൊഴിലാളി, തൊഴിലാളൻ, കൂലിപ്പണിക്കാരൻ, കൂലിവേലക്കാരൻ
- labourer in Kannada
- ಕೂಲಿಕಾರ, ಕೂಲಿಗಾರ, ಕೂಲಿಗ, ಕಾರ್ಮಿಕ
- labourer in Gujarati
- મજૂર majūr
Forms of labourer
| plural | labourers |
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Origin of labourer
From labour + -er.
Words formed from labourer
Phrases with labourer
Questions about labourer
- What does labourer mean?
- Labourer means UK standard spelling of laborer.
- What is labourer in Hindi?
- Labourer in Hindi is मज़दूर (mazdūr), कामगार (kāmgār), श्रमजीवी (śramjīvī). See Labourer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is labourer?
- Labourer is a noun.
- How do you pronounce labourer?
- Labourer is pronounced /ˈleɪ.bə.ɹə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of labourer?
- The plural of labourer is labourers.
Words near labourer in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: labourer (page history and authors); कामगार (Hindi) (page history and authors); labourer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); قلی (Urdu) (page history and authors); জন (Bengali) (page history and authors); labourer (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); labourer (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); મજૂર (Gujarati) (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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