"day laborer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: day laborers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} day laborer (plural day laborers)
  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. Wikipedia link: day laborer Categories (topical): People Synonyms: day labourer [British, English] Related terms: day labor Translations (laborer who is paid one day at a time): ἔριθος (érithos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), مُياوِم (muyāwim) (Arabic), надничар (nadničar) (Bulgarian), jornaler [masculine] (Catalan), jornalera [feminine] (Catalan), 日工 (rìgōng) (Chinese Mandarin), bønarmaður [masculine] (Faroese), päivätyöläinen (Finnish), seareiro [masculine] (Galician), xornaleiro [masculine] (Galician), Tagelöhner [masculine] (German), 𐌰𐍃𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 (asneis) [masculine] (Gothic), päiväläin (Ingrian), 日雇い (hiyatoi) (alt: ひやとい) (Japanese), 날일꾼 (narilkkun) (Korean), Doléiner [masculine] (Luxembourgish), надничар (nadničar) [masculine] (Macedonian), رنجبر (rencber) (Ottoman Turkish), jornaleiro [masculine] (Portuguese), jornaleira [feminine] (Portuguese), maltês [masculine] (Portuguese), maltesa f ganhão [feminine] (Portuguese), zilier [masculine] (Romanian), zilieră [feminine] (Romanian), подёнщик (podjónščik) [masculine] (Russian), подёнщица (podjónščica) [feminine] (Russian), jornalero [masculine] (Spanish), jornalera [feminine] (Spanish), gündelikçi (Turkish)

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