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Webster 1913 Edition
Laborer
La′bor-er
,Noun.
[Written also
labourer
.] One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a person who does work that requires strength rather than skill, as distinguished from that of an
artisan
. Webster 1828 Edition
Laborer
LA'BORER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
laborer
laborer
English
Alternative forms
Noun
laborer (plural laborers)
- One who uses body strength instead of intellectual power to earn a wage, usually hourly.
Related terms
Translations
One who uses body strength instead of intellectual power to earn a wage, usually hourly
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Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin labōrāre, present active infinitive of labōrō.
Verb
laborer
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.
Conjugation of laborer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | laborer | avoir laboré | |||||
| gerund | en laborant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | laborant | ||||||
| past participle | laboré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | labeur | labeures | labeure | laborons | laborez | labeurent |
| imperfect | laboroie, laboreie, laboroe, laboreve | laboroies, laboreies, laboroes, laboreves | laboroit, laboreit, laborot, laboreve | laboriiens, laboriens | laboriiez, laboriez | laboroient, laboreient, laboroent, laborevent | |
| preterite | laborai | laboras | labora | laborames | laborastes | laborerent | |
| future | laborerai | laboreras | laborera | laborerons | laboreroiz, laborereiz, laborerez | laboreront | |
| conditional | laboreroie, laborereie | laboreroies, laborereies | laboreroit, laborereit | laboreriiens, laboreriens | laboreriiez, laboreriez | laboreroient, laborereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | labeur | labeurs | labeurt | laborons | laborez | labeurent |
| imperfect | laborasse | laborasses | laborast | laborissons, laborissiens | laborissoiz, laborissez, laborissiez | laborassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | labeure | — | laborons | laborez | — | ||
Related terms
Descendants
- English: labor; labour (borrowed)
- French: labourer
- Norman: labouother