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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RIGHT

(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”


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