laborer

(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

Origin: ME < OFr laboreor < laborer: see labor

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