unskilled labourer

  • 1labourer — n. 1) a common; day; immigrant; itinerant; skilled; unskilled labourer 2) (BE) an agricultural labourer (CE has farm worker) 3) (BE) a casual labourer (AE has transient worker) * * * [ leɪb(ə)rə] day immigrant itinerant skilled …

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  • 2unskilled — [[t]ʌ̱nskɪ̱ld[/t]] 1) ADJ People who are unskilled do not have any special training for a job. He went to Paris in search of work as an unskilled labourer... Most of those who left the province to work abroad were unskilled. 2) ADJ: usu ADJ n… …

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  • 3labourer — (US laborer) ► NOUN ▪ a person doing unskilled manual work …

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  • 4labourer — (BrE) (AmE laborer) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ casual (esp. BrE), day, wage ▪ immigrant (esp. AmE), migrant ▪ manual ▪ …

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  • 5unskilled — adj. Unskilled is used with these nouns: ↑employee, ↑employment, ↑immigrant, ↑job, ↑labour, ↑labourer, ↑occupation, ↑work, ↑worker …

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  • 6labourer — (US laborer) noun a person doing unskilled manual work …

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  • 7labourer — noun Syn: workman, worker, working man, manual worker, unskilled worker, blue collar worker, (hired) hand, roustabout, drudge, menial; Austral. / NZ rouseabout …

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  • 8labourer — n. (US laborer) 1 a person doing unskilled, usu. manual, work for wages. 2 a person who labours. Etymology: ME f. OF laboureur (as LABOUR) …

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  • 9day labourer — noun an unskilled labourer paid by the day …

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  • 10day labourer — (Brit.) n. person who works by the day and is paid by the day (generally an unskilled worker), also spelled day laborer …

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