as in laborers
a person who does very hard or dull work
a youth striving to become something more than just a drudger working at some dead-end job
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Noun
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In the Lumière brothers’ short Workers Leaving the Factory (1895), considered by many historians to be the first cinematographic film recording, the onscreen laborers are actually leaving their jobs at the Lumières’ factory, where photographic plates were produced and developed.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025 -
Chiefs or caciques held godlike powers and could order laborers to cultivate land or serve in military encounters.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Her remains were discovered about 15 miles away a few weeks later by construction workers.—
Kelsey Lentz,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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The White Lotus season 1 centered on a group of guests and workers at the Hawaii location of the titular luxury resort chain.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Kingsnorth’s break with the green movement, after years of being one of its most visible foot soldiers, cost him.—
Cal Revely-Calder,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Drudgers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drudgers. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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