labourer

la-bour-er · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A person who does physical work, especially unskilled manual work.

  2. 2.

    A worker, especially one engaged in hard physical toil.

Forms

plural: labourers

Related words

Antonyms: employer, manager
See also: laborer, labour, labourers
Synonyms: hand, worker, workman

Etymology

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