labourer

[US]/ˈleɪbrə/
[UK]/'lebərɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. (especially outdoor) someone who does physical work, worker.

Example Sentences

to remunerate all labourers

Gangs of labourers dug the canals.

He got a job as a builder’s labourer.

a labourer was crushed to death by a lorry.

Add a few more names of labourers to the list.

I have lived in a farm labourer's cottage.

Able-bodied labourers are in full employment.

so well was he seconded by the multitude of labourers at his command.

America imported Mexican farm labourers under its Bracero programme.

Real-world Examples

According to the ILO, 85 percent of Africa's child labourers work in agriculture.

Source: VOA Standard English_Africa

Until then, no one really understood what a motorway was, not even the labourers who were building it.

Source: CET-4 Listening Comprehension - Short Passage Understanding

During the break several labourers got together and played poker.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

His work with bonded labourers also caused him disappointment.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

But it wasn't only farmers and labourers who ate pasties.

Source: 6 Minute English

They were used in many different positions, such as: labourers, soldiers, servants, farmers.

Source: English audio magazine

Victorian and early-20th-century domestics were the largest single group of workers in Britain after agricultural labourers.

Source: The Economist - Arts

At 14 he became a labourer and lathe-operator, as well as a serial lover of the local girls.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

For the sake of the labourers; it would be sheer cruelty to afflict them with excessive leisure.

Source: Brave New World

The unventilated, deafening carpet workshops where labourers were sometimes chained to the looms and locked in at night.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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