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labourer

(US laborer)
 
 
/ˈleɪbər/ noun [C]

Definition

a person who does physical work, especially outdoors: agricultural/farm labourers He told reporters they were farm laborers, and he could not say if they had entered the United States legally. a casual/manual labourer
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