laborers

la-bor-ers · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    People who do physical work, especially unskilled manual work.

  2. 2.

    Workers engaged in hard physical toil.

Related words

Antonyms: employers, managers
See also: labor, laborer, labourers
Synonyms: hands, workers, workmen

Etymology

From Latin laborare meaning "to work, toil," with the agent suffix -ers.