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Meaning of migrant worker | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. An agricultural labourer who travels from place to place harvesting seasonal crops.
  2. A person with temporary permission to work in another country; a guest worker.

Equivalents

Bosanski pečalbar печалбар
Deutsch Fremdarbeiter Gastarbeiter Saisonarbeitnehmer Saisonarbeitnehmerin Wanderarbeiter Wanderarbeiterin Wanderarbeitnehmer Wanderarbeitnehmerin
Suomi siirtotyöläinen siirtotyöntekijä vierastyöläinen
Hrvatski pečalbar печалбар
Bahasa Indonesia pekerja migran
日本語 でかせぎ
Polski bandos bandoska gastarbeiter
Română căpșunar
Русский сезо́нный рабо́чий
Српски pečalbar печалбар
Українська заробітчанин

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

migranthood Migrants migrasome migrastatic migrastatin Migrate

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