plural of bonded labor

A convict sentenced to perform forced labor

plural of day laborer

plural of forced laborer

(American spelling) Somebody who works for a wage.

plural of wage laborer

plural of wage labor

A laborer who is hired and paid one day at a time, with no promise that more work will be available in the future.

(medicine) Breathing at less than 12 or more than 20 breaths per minute with poor or irregular quality, rhythm, or tidal volume; a sign of respiratory distress.

An oar that is worked with great effort. / (chiefly US, figuratively, by extension) The part of a task that requires the greatest effort to achieve.