Skip to content

laborer

noun

  1. person who works in the construction trades, by tradition, manual labor
L323016 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.bɚ.ɹɚ/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English labor Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English laborer From labor + -er.

  1. One who labors.

    Near-synonyms: worker, toiler

  2. One who labors.

    Near-synonym: toiler