manovale

Definitions of manovale
  1. noun
    someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
    synonyms: lavorante, operaio
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    pulitore
    someone whose occupation is cleaning
    bracciante, braccio, giornaliero, operaio, uomo di fatica
    a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages
    scavatore, vangatore, zappaterra, zappatore
    a laborer who digs
    lavapiatti
    someone who washes dishes
    galeotto, sterratore
    a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
    becchino, necroforo, seppellitore
    a person who earns a living by digging graves
    carretto
    a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
    minatore
    laborer who works in a mine
    asinaio, mulattiere
    a worker who drives mules
    portuale, scaricatore
    a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
    fochista, fuochista
    a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
    boscaiolo, segantino, spaccalegna, tagliaboschi, taglialegna
    cuts down trees and chops wood as a job
    spazzacamino
    someone who cleans soot from chimneys
    agricoltore, coltivatore, contadino
    a hired hand on a farm
    bifolco, bovaro, mandriano, vaccaro
    someone who drives a herd
    villano
    one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers
    palafreniere, stalliere
    someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
    netturbino, scopino, spazzino
    a worker employed to clean streets (especially one employed by a municipal sanitation department)
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