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laborer definition

la·borer (lā′bər ər)

noun

  1. a person who labors; esp., a wage-earning worker whose work is largely hard physical labor
  2. an unskilled or semiskilled worker who brings materials to, and does preparatory work for, skilled workers in a trade mason's laborer

Etymology: ME < OFr laboreor < laborer: see labor

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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