labourers
Those who toil
Labourers is the British spelling of laborers—workers who perform physical work, especially unskilled or semiskilled manual tasks.
The term often implies hard, low-paid work: The labourers toiled in the fields from dawn.
Construction sites, farms, and factories employ labourers for tasks requiring physical effort rather than specialized training.
Thickened protective skin areas
- sweatMoisture from skin pores
- shovelTool for moving earth
- diggingRemoving earth below
- liftingRaising something heavy
muscles · strength · physical · endurance · hardhat · scaffolding · concrete · bricklaying
Industrial production facility
- assemblyConstructing from components
- millGrain-crushing facility
- plantBotanical organism
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
dock · shipyard · foundry · steelworks · mine · quarry · foreman · shift
Timber construction tradesperson
- electricianWiring installation specialist
- plumberWater system tradesperson
- welderOne who fuses metals
- mechanicVehicle maintenance professional
machinist · bricklayer · roofer · painter · fitter · mason · blacksmith · joiner
Bonded agricultural laborer
- coolieColonial-era Asian laborer
- indenturedContracted to serve
- bondsmanOne who posts bail
- navvyManual excavation worker
peon · conscript · chain gang · workhouse · overseer · taskmaster · plantation · bondage
Recurring at fixed intervals
- guestworkerForeign temporary hire
- farmhandAgricultural employee
- braceroGuest agricultural laborer
- remittanceFunds sent elsewhere
visa · undocumented · deportation · exploitation · dormitory · recruitment · contract · harvester
calluses
Thickened protective skin areas
lifting · muscles · strength · physical · endurance · hardhat · scaffolding · concrete · bricklaying · welding
factory
Industrial production facility
warehouse · dock · shipyard · foundry · steelworks · mine · quarry · foreman · shift · overtime
carpenter
Timber construction tradesperson
- electricianWiring installation specialist
- plumberWater system tradesperson
- welderOne who fuses metals
mechanic · machinist · bricklayer · roofer · painter · fitter · mason · blacksmith · joiner · glazier
serf
Bonded agricultural laborer
- coolieColonial-era Asian laborer
- indenturedContracted to serve
- bondsmanOne who posts bail
navvy · peon · conscript · chain gang · workhouse · overseer · taskmaster · plantation · bondage · emancipation
seasonal
Recurring at fixed intervals
- guestworkerForeign temporary hire
- farmhandAgricultural employee
- braceroGuest agricultural laborer
remittance · visa · undocumented · deportation · exploitation · dormitory · recruitment · contract · harvester · picker
farmhand
Agricultural employee
- pickerOne who gathers
- harvesterCrop-collecting machine
- fieldworkerOne who gathers data outdoors
peasant · sharecropper · tenant · planter · reaper · thresher · irrigator · pruner · rancher · herder
- British Classupper class, middle class, lower class, working class, aristocrats
- NZ pioneerssettlers, pioneers, colonists, early settlers, free settlers
labourersmanagers
Those who oversee operations
executives · bosses · supervisors · directors · CEOs
labourersintellectuals
People of scholarly pursuits
professionals · academics · scholars · knowledge workers · artisans
labourersemployers
Those who hire staff
capitalists · owners · proprietors · industrialists · landowners
- day labourersWorkers hired temporarily
- manual labourersWorkers using physical effort