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Arbeiter — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • laborer noun Someone who does physical work, especially unskilled manual work, often paid by the hour.
  • labour noun Hard physical or mental effort put into a task; work.
  • worker noun A person who performs labor, especially for pay.
  • workman noun A man who does manual labor, especially skilled labor, for wages.

Senses

Arbeiter is used for these senses in English:

  • laborer One who uses bodily strength rather than intellect to earn a wage, usually hourly.
  • labour (uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
  • worker One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.
  • workman A man who labours for wages.

labour — full definition

  1. noun Hard physical or mental effort put into a task; work.
  2. noun Workers as a group, especially the working class, or a political movement representing them.
  3. noun The process of childbirth, including the contractions leading up to it.
  4. verb To work hard at something, or to move forward with great effort or difficulty.

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