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nouna laborer who works by the day; for daily wages
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Ancient Greek ἔριθος
- ἔριθος (érithos)laborer who is paid one day at a time
Arabic مُياوِم
- مُياوِم (muyāwim)laborer who is paid one day at a time
Bulgarian надничар
- надничар (nadničar)laborer who is paid one day at a time
Catalan jornaler, jornalera
- jornalerlaborer who is paid one day at a time
- jornaleralaborer who is paid one day at a time
Chinese Mandarin 日工, 日結工 /日结工
- 日工 (rìgōng)laborer who is paid one day at a time
- 日結工 /日结工 (rìjiégōng)laborer who is paid one day at a time
Czech nádeník
- nádeníklaborer who is paid one day at a time
Finnish päivätyöläinen
- päivätyöläinenlaborer who is paid one day at a time
German Tagelöhner
- Tagelöhnerlaborer who is paid one day at a time
Japanese 日雇い
- 日雇い (hiyatoi)laborer who is paid one day at a time
Korean 날일꾼
- 날일꾼 (narilkkun)laborer who is paid one day at a time
Polish osoba pracująca na dniówkę
- osoba pracująca na dniówkęlaborer who is paid one day at a time
Portuguese jornaleiro, jornaleira
- jornaleirolaborer who is paid one day at a time
- jornaleiralaborer who is paid one day at a time
- maltêslaborer who is paid one day at a time
- maltesa f ganhãolaborer who is paid one day at a time
Romanian zilier, zilieră
- zilierlaborer who is paid one day at a time
- zilierălaborer who is paid one day at a time
Russian подёнщик, подёнщица
- подёнщик (podjónščik)laborer who is paid one day at a time
- подёнщица (podjónščica)laborer who is paid one day at a time
Spanish jornalero, jornalera
- jornalerolaborer who is paid one day at a time
- jornaleralaborer who is paid one day at a time
Turkish gündelikçi
- gündelikçilaborer who is paid one day at a time
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APA
day laborer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/day%20laborer
MLA
“day laborer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/day%20laborer. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “day laborer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/day%20laborer.
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