guest worker
noun
: a foreign laborer working temporarily in an industrialized usually European country
Examples of guest worker in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
There is no current year-round federal guest worker program, which has caused problems when businesses aren’t seasonal or when essential workers’ visas are delayed.
—
Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2025
Washington could also pull some countries closer (as well as address the U.S. labor shortage) by significantly expanding guest worker programs, but that seems unlikely given the intense anti-immigration sentiment that pervades much of the U.S. electorate.
—Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2022
Musk and other pro-Trump tech moguls support guest worker visas for highly skilled foreigners, while deputy chief of staff/homeland security adviser Stephen Miller aims to restrict such visas.
—Sean Collins, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
On the afternoon of September 17, 1963, fifty-seven Mexican guest workers living at a labor camp in Salinas, California, finished up a 10-hour day harvesting vegetables and boarded a flatbed produce truck.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 30 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for guest worker
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2025
Washington could also pull some countries closer (as well as address the U.S. labor shortage) by significantly expanding guest worker programs, but that seems unlikely given the intense anti-immigration sentiment that pervades much of the U.S. electorate.
—Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2022
Musk and other pro-Trump tech moguls support guest worker visas for highly skilled foreigners, while deputy chief of staff/homeland security adviser Stephen Miller aims to restrict such visas.
—Sean Collins, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
On the afternoon of September 17, 1963, fifty-seven Mexican guest workers living at a labor camp in Salinas, California, finished up a 10-hour day harvesting vegetables and boarded a flatbed produce truck.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 30 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for guest worker
Cite this Entry
“Guest worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guest%20worker. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share