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English

Alternative forms

• labourer

Etymology

labor +? -er

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?le?.b?.?/

Noun

laborer (plural laborers)

1. (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

1. 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

English

Etymology

tabor +? -er

Noun

taborer (plural taborers)

1. One who plays on the tabor.

   Synonym: taborist

   • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III, Scene ii^[1]:

     Lead, monster, we'll follow. I would I could see this taborer; he lays it on.

References

• taborer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Barreto, Roberta, aborter, arboret