toiler

see definition of toiler

nounworker

Synonyms for toiler

noun worker

slave

noun. person who serves, often under duress

slaves

noun. person who serves, often under duress

Word Origin & History

"hard work," c.1300, "turmoil, contention, dispute," from Anglo-French toil (13c.), from toiler "agitate, stir up, entangle," from Old French toeillier "drag about, make dirty" (12c.), usually said to be from Latin tudiculare "crush with a small hammer," from tudicula "mill for crushing olives, instrument for crushing," from root of tundere "to pound" (see obtuse). Sense of "hard work, labor" (1590s) is from the related verb (see toil (v.)).

Example Sentences for toiler

You look out: the toiler's day is a-comin', and it ain't so fur off, neither!

What strikes one most in his work is the disinterestedness of the toiler.

You are a toiler, a drudge, you knock off a great deal of work.

From this age onwards, the young Greenlander remains a toiler of the sea.

The toiler badly paid and ill-fed, is separated from the thinker.

The face of the toiler lighted, the eyes gazed kindly, at Carnac.

Who wouldn't be a fellah rather than a toiler in any English town?

It is a fictitious clearness of mind that comes to the midnight toiler.

That perhaps for a tired invalid, for a toiler worked to a rag.

To better the condition of the toiler was his sincere desire.

toiler

Synonyms for toiler

More words related to toiler

drudge

labor

slave

slaves

worker

workers