loonarbeider

Definitions of loonarbeider
  1. noun
    someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
    synonyms: arbeider, handarbeider, werkman
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    landarbeider
    a person who tills the soil for a living
    schoonmaker
    someone whose occupation is cleaning
    daggelder, dagloner
    a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages
    grondwerker
    a laborer who digs
    afwasautomaat, afwasmachine, afwasser, bordenwasser, glazenspoeler, keukenhulp, vaatwasmachine, vaatwasser
    someone who washes dishes
    galeiboef, galeislaaf, grondwerker, infanteriesoldaat
    a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
    doodgraver, grafdelver
    a person who earns a living by digging graves
    opperman
    a laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers
    houthakker
    a person who fells trees
    houwer, koempel, kompel, mijnwerker, mineur
    laborer who works in a mine
    houtzager
    one who is employed to saw wood
    spuiter
    a worker who applies spray to a surface
    bootwerker, dokwerker, havenarbeider, havenwerker, kaaiwerker, laadinrichting, walwerker
    a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
    houtgraveur, houtsnijder
    cuts down trees and chops wood as a job
    bergingsbedrijf, bergingsmaatschappij, bergingsschip, jutter, kraanauto, kraanwagen, sleepauto, sleepwagen, sloop, sloopbedrijf, sloper, sloperij, slopersbedrijf, stranddief, strandjutter, takelauto, takelwagen
    someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
    interieurverzorger, interieurverzorgster, kuisvrouw, poetsvrouw, werkster, werkvrouw
    a human female employed to do housework
    schoorsteenveger
    someone who cleans soot from chimneys
    houwer, koempel, kompel, mijnwerker
    someone who works in a coal mine
    boerenarbeider, landarbeider
    a hired hand on a farm
    gouddelver
    a miner who digs or pans for gold in a gold field
    herder, herderin, hoeder, ossedrijver, ossendrijver, veedrijver
    someone who drives a herd
    koudslachter, sloper, vilder
    someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them
    doelpuntenmaker
    a logger who marks trees to be felled
    doodsmak
    small farmers and tenants
    bruidegom
    someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
    rolveegmachine, straatveger, veegmachine, veegwagen
    a worker employed to clean streets (especially one employed by a municipal sanitation department)
    glazenwasser, ruitenwasser
    someone who cleans windows for pay
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    werker
    an employee who performs manual or industrial labor
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