person who works by the day and is paid by the day (generally an unskilled worker), also spelled "day labourer"
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Day laborer Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
One who works by the day; -- usually applied to a farm laborer, or to a workman who does not work at any particular trade.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutOne who works by the day; -- usually applied to a farm laborer, or to a workman who does not work at any particular trade.
day-laborer
\day"-la`bor*er\ (?), n. one who works by the day; -- usually applied to a farm laborer, or to a workman who does not work at any particular trade.
Noun
1. a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages
(synonym) day labourer
(hypernym) laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack
Day laborer Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Day labor is work done where the worker is hired and paid one day at a time, with no promise that more work will be available in the future. It is a form of contingent work.
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