laborer
noun
la·bor·er
ˈlā-bər-ər 
: one that labors
specifically
: a person who does unskilled physical work for wages
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He has been working as a laborer on a construction project.
they could only find work as laborers unloading cargo ships
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Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024
Much like his 19th century predecessors, protection offers Trump an appeal to diverse constituencies: manufacturing interests, union laborers, declining industrial towns in swing states, voters without college educations and access to tech jobs.
—Bruce J. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
World & Nation Qatar’s mediation efforts in Israel-Hamas war come under fire
April 30, 2024
The vote also came about a year ahead of Qatar hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup, an event that drew intense scrutiny from the West on both Doha’s treatment of foreign laborers and its system of governance.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Or, rather, there were individual aristocrats, merchants, and laborers choosing different sides in these prerevolutionary moments.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Laborer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laborer. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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laborer
noun
la·bor·er
ˈlā-bər-ər
: one that works
especially
: a person who does unskilled physical work for wages
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