laborer
Definition
- Noun:
- A person who performs physical work, especially of an unskilled or semi-skilled kind: A laborer is someone whose job involves significant physical effort, often using their hands and body, typically in construction, agriculture, manufacturing, or general maintenance.
- A worker engaged in manual toil: This term emphasizes work that requires bodily exertion rather than administrative, managerial, or highly technical skills.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The construction company hired several new laborers to help with the foundation work.
- Agricultural laborers worked long hours in the fields during the harvest season.
- He started his career as a day laborer, taking any manual job he could find.
Advanced Usage
- "migrant laborer": a worker who travels, often seasonally, to find manual work.
- The farm depends on migrant laborers to pick the fruit each summer.
- "casual laborer": a worker employed on a temporary or irregular basis for manual tasks.
- He worked as a casual laborer at the docks, never knowing if there would be work the next day.
Variants and Related Words
- Labor (noun): The physical or mental effort exerted in work; the body of workers collectively.
- The project required a great deal of manual labor.
- Laborious (adj): Requiring considerable time and effort; characterized by hard work.
- Digging the trench was a laborious task.
Synonyms
- Worker: A general term for a person who works.
- Manual worker: Specifically emphasizes physical labor.
- Blue-collar worker: A social classification for those performing manual or industrial labor.
Related Phrases
- "Manual labor": Work that relies primarily on physical strength and skill with hands.
- Jobs involving manual labor are essential to the economy.
- "Skilled laborer": A worker who has acquired specific skills or training for their manual trade (e.g., carpenter, electrician). While "laborer" often implies unskilled work, it can be modified.
- He progressed from a general laborer to a skilled laborer specializing in masonry.
Notes on Meaning
The term "laborer" often carries connotations of hard, physical work and can sometimes imply a lack of formal education or specialized training for the job. It is a neutral occupational term but exists within broader social and economic contexts regarding work, class, and compensation.
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someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
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