Definitions for day laborer

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

day′ la`borer(n.)

  1. an unskilled worker paid by the day.

Origin of day laborer:

1540–50

Princeton's WordNet

  1. day laborer, day labourer(noun)

    a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages

Wiktionary

  1. day laborer(Noun)

    A laborer who is is hired and paid one day at a time, with no promise that more work will be available in the future.


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