laborer

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From labor +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈleɪ.bɚ.ɹɚ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

laborer (plural laborers)

  1. (American spelling) One who labors.
    Hyponyms: manual laborer, manual labourer (usually coinstantial)
    Near-synonyms: worker, toiler
    1. One who uses bodily strength rather than intellect to earn a wage, usually hourly.
      Synonyms: manual laborer, manual labourer
      Hypernym: worker
      Near-synonym: toiler

Derived terms

Translations

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin labōrāre.

Verb

laborer

  1. to work; to labor

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 gerund of avoir + 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 present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + 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 present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— labeure — laborons laborez —

Descendants

  • Middle French: labourer
    • French: labourer
  • Norman: labouother
  • → Middle English: labouren
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