labourer
/ˈleɪ.bə.ɹə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer."
- "By the mid-19th century, the typical village was sharply divided between the landowning class and the landless, voteless and largely illiterate labourers."
Etymology
Etymology tree English labour Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English labourer From labour + -er.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈleɪ.bə.ɹə/