swamper

noun

Definition of swampernext
as in laborer

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Recent Examples of swamper Their partners, known as swampers, grabbed at underbrush and dragged it away. — M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025 During his tenure in the oil patch, Smith worked as a truck driver’s assistant, or swamper, for a rig-moving company. — Sarah Smarsh, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2021 If something were to happen to the captain, the swamper would be the one to radio for help and manage the situation until others arrived. — Joseph Serna, latimes.com, 15 Dec. 2017 That comes from my roots of playing in clubs where sometimes the only person who was there was the swamper cleaning up the bar. — Bob Doerschuk, USA TODAY, 8 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swamper
  1. laborer
  2. worker
  3. employee
  4. hireling
Noun
  • The exploitation of enslaved laborers on cane plantations increased supply and decreased production costs.
    — Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The Institute for Women’s Policy Research, which compiled data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics, also reported that in 2023, women comprised 4.3% of workers in construction and extraction occupations, which include construction laborers, carpenters and electricians.
    — Julie Coleman, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of laborer
Noun
  • The only recommendation that CDC makes is people who are taking care of those with measles, perhaps health care workers, might consider an additional booster later in life.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Among workers who have requested raises, over half (57%) only ask for a raise during performance reviews or once per year.
    — Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Definition of worker
Noun
  • Federal judges have also ruled that the administration’s firing of probationary employees did not follow the appropriate procedures for layoffs and that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management lacked the authority to order the firings.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2025
  • More: How Trump and Musk have sought greater control over federal employees In the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, government lawyers and other officials contend Trump's billionaire adviser Elon Musk had no oversight of the changes.
    — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of employee
Noun
  • To pretend otherwise in the year 2024 is all-but to out oneself as a hireling.
    — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Who are those hirelings, paid for by foreign intelligence services?!
    — The Editors, Foreign Affairs, 4 June 2011
Definition of hireling

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“Swamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swamper. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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