dataler

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noun

A worker who is hired and paid by the day, especially an underground mine worker.

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Meanings

noundataler (plural datalers)

plural datalers · alternative daytaler

  1. historicalA worker who is hired and paid by the day, especially an underground mine worker.

Origin

From a dialectal form of day tale + -er, as the salary is told by the day; the first element is perhaps analogous to Icelandic dagatal.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

dataler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dataler

MLA

“dataler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dataler. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dataler,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dataler.

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