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laborer
English
Alternative forms
- labourer
Etymology
labor +? -er
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?le?.b?.?/
Noun
laborer (plural laborers)
- (American spelling) One who uses body strength instead of intellectual power to earn a wage, usually hourly.
Related terms
- laborist
Translations
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lab?r?re, present active infinitive of lab?r?.
Verb
laborer
- to work; to labor
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has a stressed present stem labeur distinct from the unstressed stem labor. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Related terms
- labour
Descendants
- Middle French: labourer
- French: labourer
- Norman: labouother
- ? Middle English: labouren
- English: labour, labor
- Scots: laubour
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hobo
English
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly a term for a stowaway traveler out of the Hoboken, NJ train yards, or a contraction of ho, boy, or the dialectal English term hawbuck (“lout, clumsy fellow, country bumpkin”). It could also be an abbreviation for homeless boy, homeward bound, or homeless Bohemian.
Pronunciation
- enPR: h?'b?, IPA(key): /?h??.b??/
- Rhymes: -??b??
Noun
hobo (plural hobos or hoboes)
- (Canada, US) A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (derogatory) a penniless, unemployed bum.
- (Canada, US) Any migratory laborer, whether homeless or not.
- A kind of large handbag.
- 1989, Susan Ludwig, Janice Steinberg, Petite Style (page 46)
- Avoid bulky styles such as duffle sacks, buckets, doctors' satchels, and hobos.
- 1989, Susan Ludwig, Janice Steinberg, Petite Style (page 46)
Usage notes
- Often used attributively, as if an adjective. For example, "hobo stew", "he was leading a hobo life."
- Although informal usage considers hobo synonymous with bum, self-proclaimed hobos sometimes distinguish themselves as migrant workers rather than unemployed bums.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:vagabond
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
hobo (third-person singular simple present hobos, present participle hoboing, simple past and past participle hoboed)
- (intransitive, perhaps pejorative) To be a hobo, tramp, bum etc.
- Joe idly hoboed through half the country till he realized hoboing never gets you anywhere in life.
References
Anagrams
- Boho, boho
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch hobo, from French hautbois.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????b??/
Noun
hobo (plural hobo's, diminutive hobootjie)
- oboe
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French hautbois, from Middle French [Term?].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o??bo?/
- Hyphenation: ho?bo
- Rhymes: -o?
Noun
hobo m (plural hobo's, diminutive hobootje n)
- oboe (woodwind)
Derived terms
- hoboïst
Japanese
Romanization
hobo
- R?maji transcription of ??
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