labourer
/ˈleɪbərə(r)/noun
उच्चारण लेबरर
मज़दूर, श्रमिक
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a person whose job involves hard physical work that does not need special skills, especially work that is done outdoors
मज़दूर, श्रमिक
- a daily-wage labourer
- The labourer carried bricks to the top floor of the building from morning till evening.
- The labourer was paid at the end of every day.
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- Hundreds of labourers worked on the new bridge.
- A farm labourer earns very little in the off-season.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
a labourer (countable noun)
Labourer is countable; it needs a or the in the singular and takes s in the plural.
'Labourer' countable noun है; singular में इसके साथ a या the चाहिए और plural में s जुड़ता है।
- A labourer was carrying bricks to the third floor.
- Thousands of labourers worked on the dam.
labourer + at / on / in + place
Use at for a site of work, on for a project, and in for an industry or area.
कार्य-स्थल के लिए 'at', परियोजना के लिए 'on' और उद्योग या क्षेत्र के लिए 'in' आता है।
- He works as a labourer at the construction site.
- Many labourers on the highway project came from Bihar.
work as a labourer
Use as to state the job a person does; a is required.
किसी का पेशा बताने के लिए 'as' आता है और उसके बाद a जरूरी है।
- Her father works as a labourer in a brick kiln.
noun + labourer
A noun before labourer tells the type of work or arrangement.
Labourer से पहले आने वाला noun काम या व्यवस्था का प्रकार बताता है।
- Daily-wage labourers lost their income during the lockdown.
- Migrant labourers returned home by train.
labourer vs labour (uncountable)
Labourer is the person; labour is the work or the workforce and is uncountable.
Labourer व्यक्ति है; labour काम या श्रमिक वर्ग है और uncountable है।
- Cheap labour is available in the area.
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adjective + labourer
daily-wagemigrantagriculturalunskilledskilledcasual
- Agricultural labourers are busiest during the harvest.
labourer + verb
carrytoildigdemandmigrate
- Labourers dug the trench in the scorching heat.
verb + labourer
hireemploypayexploittrain
- The contractor hired fifty labourers for the road.
labourer's + noun
wagesrightsunioncampchildren
- The government announced a scheme for labourers' children.
group of labourers
a gang ofa team ofa batch ofa crowd of
- A gang of labourers was repairing the railway track.
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- The labourers rested under a banyan tree during the afternoon heat.
मज़दूरों ने दोपहर की गर्मी में बरगद के पेड़ के नीचे आराम किया।
- Ramesh began his life as a labourer and became a contractor.
रमेश ने जीवन की शुरुआत मज़दूर के रूप में की और ठेकेदार बन गया।
- Labourers should be paid on time and fairly.
मज़दूरों को समय पर और उचित मज़दूरी मिलनी चाहिए।
- Under the scheme, labourers get work for at least a hundred days a year.
योजना के अंतर्गत मज़दूरों को वर्ष में कम से कम सौ दिन काम मिलता है।
- Radhika wrote an essay on the plight of farm labourers.
राधिका ने खेतिहर मज़दूरों की दुर्दशा पर एक निबंध लिखा।
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✗ My father is labourer in a factory.
✓ My father is a labourer in a factory.
A singular job noun needs the article a.
पेशा बताने वाले singular noun से पहले article 'a' चाहिए।
✗ The laborer worked for twelve hours.
✓ The labourer worked for twelve hours.
British English spells the word labourer, with ou.
British English में यह शब्द 'labourer' (ou के साथ) लिखा जाता है।
◇Word family
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Daily-wage labourer, farm labourer, migrant labourer, bonded labour (work done to repay a debt, abolished in India by the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976).
Collocations: daily-wage labourer (दिहाड़ी मज़दूर), farm labourer, migrant labourer (प्रवासी मज़दूर), bonded labour (क़र्ज़ चुकाने के लिए किया गया काम, बंधुआ मज़दूरी, भारत में बंधुआ मज़दूरी प्रथा (उन्मूलन) अधिनियम, 1976 द्वारा समाप्त)।
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General knowledge
1 May is Labour Day; MGNREGA guarantees 100 days of wage employment to rural households.
1 मई श्रमिक दिवस है; मनरेगा ग्रामीण परिवारों को 100 दिन का मज़दूरी रोज़गार सुनिश्चित करता है।