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| bracero |
a Mexican laborer allowed to enter the United States temporarily in order to perform seasonal or migrant work. |
| churl |
a peasant or laborer. [1/3 definitions] |
| dockhand |
a laborer who works on the docks; longshoreman. |
| field hand |
a hired farm laborer, esp. one who works in the fields; hired hand. |
| hand |
a worker or laborer. [1/17 definitions] |
| plowman |
a farm laborer; rustic. [1/2 definitions] |
| roustabout |
a manual laborer on a wharf or ship's deck; longshoreman or deckhand. [3 definitions] |
| sandhog |
one who does excavation work in sandy, wet conditions, esp. a laborer working on the construction of an underwater tunnel. |
| worker |
someone who is occupied in a particular job or field, esp. a laborer. [1/3 definitions] |
| workingman |
a male worker, esp. a manual or industrial laborer. |
| workwoman |
a female worker, esp. a manual or industrial laborer. |
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