LABORER

laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack

(noun) someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

laborer (plural laborers)

(American spelling) One who uses body strength instead of intellectual power to earn a wage, usually hourly.

Source: Wiktionary


La"bor*er, n. Etym: [Written also labourer.]

Definition: One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a person who does work that requires strength rather than skill, as distinguished from that of an artisan.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

3 May 2025

DESIRABLE

(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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