bracero

Definitions of bracero
  1. noun
    a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
    synonyms: galeote, peón
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    type of:
    mano de obra, trabajador manual
    someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
  2. noun
    a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
    synonyms: jornalero
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    agricultor, granjero, labriego
    a hired hand on a farm
    cabañero, ganadero, pastor
    someone who drives a herd
    mozo de cuadra, mozo de establo
    someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
    cowboy, vaquero
    a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
    lechera, quesera
    a woman who works in a dairy
    granjera
    a woman working on a farm
    cabrerizo, cabrero, guardacabras
    a person who tends a flock of goats
    agavillador, cosechero, segador
    someone who helps to gather the harvest
    arrancador, recolector
    someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.
    arador, labrador
    a man who plows
    pastor, pastor de ovejas
    a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
    porquerizo, porquero
    a herder or swine
    type of:
    mano de obra, trabajador manual
    someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
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