ouvrier

Definitions of ouvrier
  1. noun
    an employee who performs manual or industrial labor
    synonyms: travailleur
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    travailleur manuel
    someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
    ouvrier d'usine
    a workman in a mill or factory
    cantonnier
    a workman who is employed to repair roads
    femme de ménage
    someone whose occupation is cleaning
    journalier
    a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages
    fossoyeur
    a person who earns a living by digging graves
    ouvrier agricole
    a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
    itinérant
    a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
    bûcheron
    a person who fells trees
    mineur
    laborer who works in a mine
    porteur
    a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
    bombe, vaporisateur
    a worker who applies spray to a surface
    arrimeur, docker, débardeur
    a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
    chargeur, chauffeur
    a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
    bûcheron
    cuts down trees and chops wood as a job
    type of:
    employé, salarié
    a worker who is hired to perform a job
  2. noun
    a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
    synonyms: travailleur
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    roturier(e)
    a person who holds no title
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