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migrant worker

migrant worker noun: an agricultural labourer who travels from place to place harvesting seasonal crops.

Noun

migrant worker (plural migrant workers)

  1. An agricultural labourer who travels from place to place harvesting seasonal crops.
  2. A person with temporary permission to work in another country; a guest worker.
    • And since Brexit, the number of migrant workers has fallen by almost a third, with new immigration laws and the points-based system possibly reducing the flow even further.2021 September 8, Howard Johnston, “HS2 jobs boost - but skills shortage a concern”, in RAIL, number 939, page 17

Forms of migrant worker

pluralmigrant workers

Questions about migrant worker

What does migrant worker mean?
Migrant worker means an agricultural labourer who travels from place to place harvesting seasonal crops.
What part of speech is migrant worker?
Migrant worker is a noun.
What is the plural of migrant worker?
The plural of migrant worker is migrant workers.

Words near migrant worker in the dictionary

  1. migrancies
  2. migrancy
  3. Migranian
  4. migrant
  5. migrant smuggling
  6. migrant worker
  7. migrant workers
  8. migranthood
  9. migrants
  10. Migranyan
  11. migrasome

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