agricultural laborer

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But he’s earned a decent living as a migrant agricultural laborer since moving to the northern state of Haryana 12 years ago.

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2024

Originally from Michoacán, Ochoa followed his father, who traveled to the U.S. periodically in the 1960s and ’70s as a seasonal agricultural laborer.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2022

Agustín Marcos, 44, used to be an agricultural laborer, but when corn production plummeted, he moved his family to the regional capital, also called Heuhuetenango.

From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2019

A poor agricultural laborer, Nasir had borrowed money to take his son to the hospital but did not have enough to return home even if the baby recovered.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2017

Now, if in three days' hard work the collier can earn the week's wages of an agricultural laborer and more—and he can—we have touched the reason why he takes so many play-days.

From The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Lee, Holme, [pseud.]