Meanings
nounmigrant worker (plural migrant workers)
plural migrant workers
- An agricultural labourer who travels from place to place harvesting seasonal crops.
- A person with temporary permission to work in another country; a guest worker.
And since Brexit, the number of migrant workers has fallen by almost a third, with new immigration laws and the points-based system possibly reducing the flow even further.
2021 September 8, Howard Johnston, “HS2 jobs boost - but skills shortage a concern”, in RAIL, number 939, page 17
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna worker who moves around and works temporarily in different places
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 農業勞動者 /农业劳动者
- 農業勞動者 /农业劳动者 (nóngyè láodòngzhě)agricultural worker
Finnish liikkuva maataloustyöntekijä
- liikkuva maataloustyöntekijäagricultural worker
German Wanderarbeiter, Wanderarbeiterin
- Wanderarbeiteragricultural worker
- Wanderarbeiterinagricultural worker
- Wanderarbeitnehmeragricultural worker
- Wanderarbeitnehmerinagricultural worker
- Saisonarbeitnehmeragricultural worker
- Saisonarbeitnehmerinagricultural worker
Polish bandos, bandoska
- bandosagricultural worker
- bandoskaagricultural worker
Romanian lucrător sezonier, muncitor sezonier
- lucrător sezonieragricultural worker
- muncitor sezonieragricultural worker
- căpșunaragricultural worker
Russian сезо́нный рабо́чий
- сезо́нный рабо́чий (sezónnyj rabóčij)agricultural worker
Cite this entry
APA
migrant worker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/migrant%20worker
MLA
“migrant worker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/migrant%20worker. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “migrant worker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/migrant%20worker.
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