labourer

noun/ˈleɪbərə/CEFR B1

শ্রমিক, মজুর

Meaning

A person who does hard physical work for wages.

Example sentences

  • Day labourers gather at the crossing.দিনমজুরেরা মোড়ে জড়ো হন।
  • He worked as a labourer for two years.সে দুই বছর শ্রমিক হিসেবে কাজ করেছে।

A common mistake

The laborer and the labourer were paid together.→The labourers were paid together.

Laborer is American and labourer British. Bangladeshi writing follows the British spelling.

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: worker, workman

Antonyms: employer

Similar words, and what each means

  • worker

    শ্রমিক, কর্মী

    A person who does a job, especially physical work.

  • workman

    শ্রমিক, মিস্ত্রি

    A man employed to do manual or skilled work with his hands.

Other English words for “শ্রমিক, মজুর”

  • worker

    A person who does a job, especially physical work.

  • workman

    A man employed to do manual or skilled work with his hands.

Opposite words

  • employer

    নিয়োগকর্তা, মালিক

    A person or company that pays people to work for them.

  • overseer

    তদারককারী, কাজ দেখাশোনার দায়িত্বপ্রাপ্ত ব্যক্তি

    A person whose job is to watch over workers and make sure the work is done.

“labourer” elsewhere on EnglishBD

  • The suffering falls mainly on fixed-income families: a day labourer, a rickshaw puller or a small clerk earns the same amount whatever the market charges.

    Price Hike →

  • But a day labourer, a rickshaw puller or a street hawker earns nothing on such a day, and a family that eats from a daily wage goes hungry.

    A Rainy Day →

  • It takes money out of families that have little: a labourer spending fifty taka a day on cigarettes is spending more than his children's schooling costs.

    Smoking →

Where this word is used

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  1. “labourer” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?

    • • শ্রমিক, মজুর
    • • খরগোশ রাখার খাঁচা
    • • বাগ্‌দান, বিবাহের প্রতিশ্রুতি
    • • চতুষ্টয় বাদক বা গায়কদল
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    শ্রমিক, মজুর — labourer (noun) — শ্রমিক, মজুর. A person who does hard physical work for wages.

  2. Which word is closest in meaning to “labourer”?

    • • dilemma
    • • exaggeration
    • • worker
    • • glen
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    worker — worker — শ্রমিক, কর্মী. A person who does a job, especially physical work.

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