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laborer

[lay-ber-er] / ˈleɪ bər ər /


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After returning to Bradford-on-Avon, Byfield initially supported himself as a farm laborer.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

According to tradition, Caedmon worked as a laborer at Whitby Abbey in North Yorkshire.

From Science Daily ● May 17, 2026

This laborer wants to know what you mean by labor becoming tokenized.

From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026

A pair of blue and yellow earplugs dangle on Jose’s neck while waiting for work as a day laborer out of the Home Depot in Cypress Park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025

For everyday work, Kira helped in the weaving shed, picking up the scraps and leavings, but her twisted leg diminished her value as a laborer and even, in the future, as a mate.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry

Their laborers came cheap, often Native Americans dispossessed from their own rights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

The Transport Workers Union representing those laborers have vowed court action.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

When the 380-foot steamship Great Republic—one of the world’s largest passenger vessels at the time—arrived in San Francisco from Hong Kong, 1,300 blue-coated Chinese laborers filed down its gangplank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

With data centers, the infrastructure stays, the tax base expands, and electricians, pipe fitters, ironworkers and laborers can spend years on a single project.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

In contrast, time after time, quarrels between skilled and unskilled laborers left the work force weak and defeated.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield


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