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

19 June 2025

ROOTS

(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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