laborer

English

Alternative forms

labourer

Etymology

labor +‎ -er

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈleɪ.bɚ.ɹɚ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

laborer (plural laborers)

(American spelling) One who labors.
1. One who uses bodily strength rather than intellect to earn a wage, usually hourly.

Derived terms

the laborer is worthy of his hire

Related terms

laborist

Translations

One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage

Aghwan: 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐔽𐔰𐕄 (muˁaḳ)
Albanian: argat (sq)
Arabic: عَامِل‎ m (ʕāmil), عَامِلَة‎ f (ʕāmila)
Armenian: բանվոր (hy) (banvor)
Azerbaijani: işçi (az), fəhlə (az), zəhmətkeş
Bulgarian: общ работник m (obšt rabotnik)
Catalan: obrer (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 勞動者／劳动者 (zh) (láodòngzhě), 工人 (zh) (gōngrén)
Czech: dělník (cs) m
Danish: arbejder (da) c, arbejdsmand c, landarbejder c
Dutch: arbeider (nl)
Egyptian:

(kꜣwtj)
Estonian: tööline (et)
Finnish: työntekijä (fi), työläinen (fi)
French: ouvrier (fr) m
Georgian: მუშა (muša), მუშაკი (mušaḳi)
German: Arbeiter (de) m
Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐍅𐌰 m (waurstwa)
Greek: εργάτης (el) m (ergátis), δουλευτής (el) m (douleftís)
Ancient: ἐργάτης m (ergátēs), ἐργάτις f (ergátis)
Gujarati: મજુરિ f (majuri)
Hungarian: munkás (hu), kétkezi/fizikai munkás, segédmunkás (hu)
Indonesian: buruh (id)
Irish: sclábhaí m
Italian: lavoratore (it) m, operaio (it) m
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کرێکار‎ (krêkar)

Northern Kurdish: karker (ku) m or f, rêncber (ku) m or f
Latin: cerdō m, operārius m
Macedonian: ра́ботник m (rábotnik), рабо́тничка f (rabótnička)
Malay: buruh (ms)
Manx: obbree m
Maori: poroteke, ihu oneone (metaphorical)
Mongolian: үйлдвэрчин (mn) (üjldverčin)
Occitan: obrièr (oc) m
Polish: robotnik (pl) m
Portuguese: operário (pt) m, trabalhador (pt) m, obreiro (pt) m
Romanian: lucrător (ro) m, muncitor (ro) m
Russian: чернорабо́чий (ru) m (černorabóčij), рабо́чий (ru) m (rabóčij)
Scottish Gaelic: obraiche m
Serbo-Croatian: rȃdnīk (sh) m, rȃdnica (sh) f
Sicilian: lavuraturi (scn) m, lavureri (scn) m
Spanish: trabajador (es) m, obrero (es) m, currito (colloquial)
Swedish: arbetare (sv) c, kroppsarbetare c
Thai: กรรมกร (th) (gam-má-gɔɔn)
Tocharian B: kapyāre
Udi: ашбал (ašbal), аьшбал (äšbal)
Urdu: مزدور‎ m (mazdūr)
Volapük: (♂♀) voban (vo), (♂) hivoban, (♀) jivoban (vo)

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin labōrāre, present active infinitive of labōrō.

Verb

laborer

to work; to labor

Conjugation

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Related terms

labour

Descendants

Middle French: labourer
- French: labourer
Norman: labouother
→ Middle English: labouren
- English: labour, labor
- Scots: laubour

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