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migrant workers

migrant workers is the plural of migrant worker.

Meaning of migrant worker

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

Questions about migrant workers

What is migrant workers the plural of?
Migrant workers is the plural of migrant worker.

Words near migrant workers in the dictionary

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

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