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laborer

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++la·bor·er /ˈleɪbə $ -bərər/ noun [countable]  x-refthe American spelling of labourer labourer的美式拼法
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laborerHearst had to pay 65 laborers for nine months to dismantle the monastery, crate it up and move it.Arturo is a laborer who works for $ 4 an hour, about six hours a day.Few had any special skills; they worked as casual laborers, eking out a marginal existence, often reduced to begging.Men may work periodically as day laborers on others' fields, as carpenters, or masons.a farm laborerSome are technicians, some are artists, some are craftsmen, and some are just laborers.The biggest complaints here come from women who work as machinists, laborers, and handlers.They also want Tokyo to aid not only the original laborers but their offspring as well.
la·bor·er nounChineseSyllable
Corpus spelling American labourer of the


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laborer
I
laborer /ˈleɪbərə $ -bərər/ noun [countable]
the American spelling of labourer

II
labourer British English, laborer American English /ˈleɪbərə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
 Word Family: noun: labour, labourer; verb: labour
someone whose work needs physical strength, for example building work ⇨ worker:
    a farm labourer


la·bored, la·bor·er, la·bor·ing (especially US) = laboured, labourer, labouring