Definitions for laborers

laborers la·bor·er

Spelling: [ley-ber-er]
IPA: /ˈleɪ bər ər/

Laborers is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 325 anagrams from letters in laborers (abelorrs).

Definitions for laborers

noun

  1. a person engaged in work that requires bodily strength rather than skill or training:
  2. any worker.

Origin of laborers

Middle English word dating back to 1275-1325; See origin at labor, -er1

Examples for laborers

The capitalist buys from the laborer his labor-power at its full value as a commodity.

The next morning he felt like a laborer whose factory has closed.

Tramped over Brazil as a day laborer, and through the West Indies.

The laborer was appealed to as one suffering from oppression and injustice.

It is not contended, however, that every laborer actually does this.

Anschutz, a non-drinker, was a 57-year-old laborer at a local moving company.

There is little call for any great skill on the part of the laborer.

So the laborer must sell the only commodity he has to sell, namely, his labor-power.

This is but the necessary consequence of all labor which does not benefit the laborer.

Shadman started as a laborer, but within a year became an interpreter because he could speak English.

Word Value for laborers
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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