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Almost every labourer has his Sunday suit, very often really good clothes, sometimes glossy black, with the regulation 'chimney pot'. His unfortunate walk betrays him, dress how he will.
Richard Jefferies

Meaning of "labourer" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LABOURER

labourer  [ˈleɪbərə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LABOURER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Labourer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LABOURER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

labourer

Laborer

A laborer or labourer — see variation in English spelling — is a person who does one of the construction trades, traditionally considered unskilled manual labor, as opposed to skilled labor. In the division of labor, laborers have all blasting, hand tools, power tools, air tools, and small heavy equipment, and act as assistants to other trades, e.g., operators or cement masons. The 1st century BC engineer Vitruvius writes in detail about laborer practices at that time. In his experience a good crew of laborers is just as valuable as any other aspect of construction. Other than the addition of pneumatics, laborer practices have changed little. With the advent of advanced technology and its introduction into the construction field, the laborers have been quick to include much of this technology as being laborers work.

Definition of labourer in the English dictionary

The definition of labourer in the dictionary is a person engaged in physical work, esp of an unskilled kind.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LABOURER


Aldeburgh
ˈɔːlbərə
Atbara
ˈætbərə
Attenborough
ˈætənbərə
Berbera
ˈbɜːbərə
Canberra
ˈkænbərə
Deborah
ˈdɛbərə
Ebora
ˈiːbərə
Edinburgh
ˈɛdɪnbərə
Farnborough
ˈfɑːnbərə
Gainsborough
ˈɡeɪnzbərə
gerbera
ˈdʒɜːbərə
Greensboro
ˈɡriːnzbərə
Ingleborough
ˈɪŋɡəlbərə
Loughborough
ˈlʌfbərə
Marlborough
ˈmɑːlbərə
Peterborough
ˈpiːtəbərə
taborer
ˈteɪbərə
tabourer
ˈteɪbərə
Wellingborough
ˈwɛlɪŋbərə
yarborough
ˈjɑːbərə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LABOURER

labour pains
Labour Party
labour relations
labour shortage
labour supply
labour unrest
labour ward
labour-intensive
labour-saving
labour-saving device
laboured
labouredly
labouredness
labouring
labouringly
labourism
labourist
Labourite
labours
laboursome

WORDS THAT END LIKE LABOURER

armourer
casual labourer
colourer
day labourer
devourer
dock labourer
endeavourer
farm labourer
favourer
flavourer
harbourer
honourer
manual labourer
manufacturer
outpourer
pot scourer
pourer
savourer
scourer
tourer
vapourer

Synonyms and antonyms of labourer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LABOURER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «labourer» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of labourer

Translation of «labourer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LABOURER

Find out the translation of labourer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of labourer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «labourer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

劳工
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

jornalero
570 millions of speakers

English

labourer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मजदूर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عَامِلٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рабочий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

trabalhador braçal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শ্রমিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

travailleur manuel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Buruh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Arbeiter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

労働者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

노동자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Buruh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người lao động
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கூலியாளாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मजूर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

emekçi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

operaio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

robotnik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

робітник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

muncitor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χειρωνακτικός εργάτης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

arbeider
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

arbetare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

arbeider
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of labourer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LABOURER»

The term «labourer» is quite widely used and occupies the 38.139 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LABOURER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about labourer

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6 QUOTES WITH «LABOURER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word labourer.
1
Henry Charles Carey
The natural consequence of our submission, even in part, to the system that looks to compelling the export of raw products, the exhaustion of the land, the cheapening of labour, and the export of the labourer.
2
Cliff Curtis
I was a manual labourer. I figured out really early on that the value of my life could be determined by my hourly rate as a manual labourer digging holes.
3
Richard Jefferies
Almost every labourer has his Sunday suit, very often really good clothes, sometimes glossy black, with the regulation 'chimney pot'. His unfortunate walk betrays him, dress how he will.
4
Cory Monteith
I've worked as a labourer, driven taxis and school buses, and been a car mechanic - whatever I could do just to get by. But it does mean that I know a little bit about a lot of things.
5
Fritz Sauckel
One day I heard a speech of Hitler. In this speech he said that the German factory worker and the German labourer must make common cause with the German intellectual worker.
6
Miguel Syjuco
I don't see myself as any different from all the other Filipinos who have gone abroad looking for opportunity, to be a nurse, a labourer, a maid or a prostitute.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LABOURER»

Discover the use of labourer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to labourer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Overqualified Labourer
When he boarded his plane at Johannesburg International Airport, South Africa, Goodwill, a brilliant chemist, was certain he would face climatic and cultural challenges in North America.
Obi Orakwue, 2007
2
The Town Labourer, 1760-1832: The New Civilisation...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
John Lawrence Hammond, 2012
3
The African Labourer
J. ORDE BROWNE NEW IMPRESSION Unlike many monographs on the impact of western culture on African native life, The African Labourer is not restricted to a particular region but is a comprehensive account for the whole of Africa.
Granville St. John Orde-Browne, Sir Granville St. John Orde-Browne, 1967
4
The Village Labourer
The Hammond's book is a forceful and moving indictment of hierarchical British society where the upper class was prepared to use the Government and the Law to maintain their privileged position and brutally crush all opposition.
J. L. Hammond, Barbara Hammond, 2005
5
The labourer's friend: a selection from the publications of ...
a selection from the publications of the Labourer's friend society, showing the utility and national advantage of alotting land for cottage husbandry Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes (London, England). families have ...
Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes (London, England), 1835
6
Farmer Becoming Labourer
Novel about the exploitation of farmers by money lenders and lanlords in Punjab, India.
Nagindara Siṅgha Harikā, 2008
7
The State of the Poor: Or, An History of the Labouring ...
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Frederick Morton Eden, 2011
8
A Narrative of Events, since the First of August, 1834, by ...
In addition to the complete text of Williams’s original Narrative, this fully annotated edition includes nineteenth-century responses to the controversy from the British and Jamaican press, as well as extensive testimony from the ...
James Williams, Diana Paton, 2001
9
The People's Clearance: Highland Emigration to British North ...
Kath MacLean Spinster Kilmarnach John Bethune Labourer Kilmarnach James Bethune Labourer Kilmarnach Rod'k MacKenzie Labourer Kilmarnach Kenneth MacLeod Labourer Kilmarnach Donald Fraser Labourer Kilmarnach John Jack ...
‎1982
10
Memoirs of a Surrey Labourer: A Record of the Last Years of ...
A Record of the Last Years of Frederick Bettesworth George Sturt. wherewithal to keep his home together, how much nobler was his own behaviour than that we would have commended! Once in the infirmary, he recovered quickly, and in ten ...
George Sturt, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LABOURER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term labourer is used in the context of the following news items.
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PM Narendra Modi cancels Varanasi visit after labourer dies at venue
Prime Minister Narendra Modi cancelled his visit to his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi Thursday following the death of a labourer, who was ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
2
Labourer pleads guilty to 7 armed robberies, jailed for 14 years
Prem Narine, 20, a labourer of Lot 15 Princeton, Corriverton, Corentyne had appeared before Magistrate Artiga and had the indictable charges ... «Stabroek News, Jul 15»
3
Dr Adu Anane Antwi: Started life as a farm labourer
Consequently, after middle school, he had to undertake many menial jobs such as working as a farm labourer and later as a factory floor worker to raise money ... «Graphic Online, Jul 15»
4
Labourer dies as restaurant collapses in Uttarakhand
The restaurant, Big Bamboos at Kuanwala area here, collapsed due to the rains, killing the labourer and injuring three of his co-workers, who ... «Eprahaar, Jul 15»
5
Man Who Bought Kidney from Labourer Held
BENGALURU: Ramanagaram police on Friday arrested Srinivas (28), a city-based businessman, for buying a kidney from a woman. «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
6
Odd-job labourer took 12-yr-old girl to his room & had illicit SEX with …
An odd job laborer was sentenced to 12 months' jail on Thursday for having sex with a girl half his age. Xavier Lee Wei Jie, 24, admitted to one ... «Malaysia Chronicle, Jul 15»
7
Son of Daily Wage Labourer Cracks Civil Services Exam in Kerala
Ernakulam, Kerala: For Sateesh V Menon, success in the civil services exam has come against all odds. Being a son of a daily wage labourer, ... «NDTV, Jul 15»
8
What do you think?: Labourer spots UFO in photograph
A LABOURER'S 'mind was blown' when he spotted a UFO in a photograph he took at a Sussex beach. Nick Manser snapped a glorious sunset ... «Hastings and St. Leonards Observer, Jul 15»
9
Once a child labourer, man frees 57 children
NEW DELHI: A man, who was once a child labourer, called up the child helpline on Tuesday to inform it about kids working at Azadpur Mandi. «Times of India, Jul 15»
10
Jury finds Stortford labourer not guilty of helping to con elderly …
A Bishop's Stortford man has been found not guilty of helping to con a couple in their 80s out of £20,000 for shoddy and unnecessary roof ... «Herts and Essex Observer, Jul 15»

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