laborer

/ˈleɪbərər/

nounla · bor · er

Think: "I LABOR, so I’m a LABOR-ER"—the person who does the labor.

Yes, it's laborer. Keep the middle as "bor" (la-BOR-er), not "ber" or "bour."

Definition

  1. nouna person who does physical work, especially work that requires strength rather than special training

Examples

  • The laborer carried heavy bags of cement across the construction site.
  • After the storm, a team of laborers cleared fallen branches from the road.
  • The farmer hired a laborer to help pick apples during harvest season.

Synonyms

workerhandworkmanmanual workerhireling

Antonyms

employermanager

Translations

ES trabajadorPT trabalhadorFR ouvrier

Common misspellings

labourerlabororlabererlabouror

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