laborer B2 Topic:People & Society Also spelled labourer US /ˈleɪ.bɚ.ɹɚ/ See IPA manual Freq #25207 Meanings 1 noun A person who does hard physical work, especially work that needs strength rather than special skill. The laborers worked from dawn to dusk building the road. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who does hard... workertoiler Word family Forms laborerslabourers Derived forms colaborernonlaborer Related forms laborist Common collocations agricultural laborer Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From labor + -er. Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # laborer **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈleɪ.bɚ.ɹɚ/ **Frequency rank:** 25207 ## Meanings 1. A person who does hard physical work, especially work that needs strength rather than special skill. ## Examples - The laborers worked from dawn to dusk building the road. ## Derived Forms - colaborer - nonlaborer ## Related Forms - laborist ## Etymology From labor + -er. ## AI Etymology Laborer comes from labor + -er. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. ## Topics - People & Society markdown