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C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈtɔɪlɚ/ UK /ˈtɔɪlə/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
a person who works hard and laboriously

Every toiler in the fields paused to wipe the sweat from his brow.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person who works hard and... laborer worker drudgeworkhorsegrafter

Opposites

idler loafer

Word family

Related forms toil toiling toilsome

Etymology

From toil (the verb, from Anglo-French toiler 'to strive, dispute', from Latin tudiculare 'to stir, crush') + the agent suffix -er.

toiler Old French tudiculare Latin

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# toiler

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈtɔɪlɚ
**IPA (UK):** ˈtɔɪlə

## Meanings
1. a person who works hard and laboriously

## Examples
- Every toiler in the fields paused to wipe the sweat from his brow.

## Synonyms
- laborer
- worker
- drudge
- workhorse
- grafter

## Antonyms
- idler
- loafer

## Related Forms
- toil
- toiling
- toilsome

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: toiler
- Root: tudiculare

## Etymology
From toil (the verb, from Anglo-French toiler 'to strive, dispute', from Latin tudiculare 'to stir, crush') + the agent suffix -er.

## AI Etymology
Toiler is from toil (the verb, from Anglo-French toiler 'to strive, dispute', from Latin tudiculare 'to stir, crush') + the agent suffix -er. Important recorded forms include toiler (Old French) and tudiculare (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers a person who works hard and laboriously. The wider family includes related words such as toil, toiling, and toilsome.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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