as in worker
a person who does very hard or dull work
they could only find work as laborers unloading cargo ships
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Recent Examples of laborer
The skull was found in 1933, by the bank of the Songhua River in Harbin, China, by a man working as forced laborer for the Japanese, who controlled that part of China at the time.
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
In the days after Kesse went missing, her brother Logan Keese attempted to speak with some of the laborers on the property.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Bruce Ragsdale’s Washington at the Plow examines the connections between the first president’s commitment to agricultural innovation and his evolving attitudes toward his enslaved laborers at Mount Vernon.
—Daniel J. Kevles, The New York Review of Books, 23 Jan. 2025
James worked as a laborer; Eunice stayed at home to raise the children.
—Cheryl W. Thompson, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
In the days after Kesse went missing, her brother Logan Keese attempted to speak with some of the laborers on the property.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Bruce Ragsdale’s Washington at the Plow examines the connections between the first president’s commitment to agricultural innovation and his evolving attitudes toward his enslaved laborers at Mount Vernon.
—Daniel J. Kevles, The New York Review of Books, 23 Jan. 2025
James worked as a laborer; Eunice stayed at home to raise the children.
—Cheryl W. Thompson, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Laborer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laborer. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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