drudger

noun

Definition of drudgernext
as in laborer
a person who does very hard or dull work a youth striving to become something more than just a drudger working at some dead-end job

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  1. laborer
  2. worker
  3. foot soldier
Noun
  • Over nine months, these big cats systematically attacked workers’ camps at night, dragging victims—who included African laborers, Indian railway workers and even camp supervisors—into the darkness.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Hopeful men lined up, waiting for construction jobs that would open when laborers inevitably died on the job.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of laborer
Noun
  • This could have been so much worse with out the dedication of the disaster workers and first responders.
    Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 10 Jan. 2025
  • See more industry resources here for musicians and other entertainment industry workers.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of worker
Noun
  • Professional officers are not, in fact, dependable foot soldiers because their allegiances lie elsewhere: with the constitutional regime or with the armed forces as an institution.
    Ronald R. Krebs, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The photograph depicts a foot soldier in an insurgent religious movement trying to storm the halls of American power.
    John Blake, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of foot soldier
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