Meaning

1 senses
  1. A laborer who is hired and paid one day at a time, with no promise that more work will be available in the future.

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    a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages

Examples

3 sentences
  1. He rose from day laborer to governor.

  2. The olives will be picked by day laborers.

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  3. The olives will be harvested by the day laborers.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
laborer who is paid one day at a time:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
laborer who is paid one day at a time:

Forms

plural: day laborers

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages:day labourer

Word family

1 related words
Relatedday labor

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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