drudgers

plural of drudger
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
  • He is accused of not checking work authorizations before hiring laborers, according to the Post.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • Israel soon barred nearly two hundred thousand Palestinian laborers from its workforce.
    Nirit Peled, New Yorker, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • There are fewer opportunities for younger workers to find mentors and soak up knowledge.
    Rachel Barber, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • The sheriff's office says a preliminary investigation found that workers were installing underground tanks.
    DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • Barton’s pseudo-scholarship furnished Christian nationalists with valuable ammunition, but the movement needed foot soldiers.
    Michael Luo, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
  • The result is child foot soldiers hired as hitmen, becoming both the perpetrators of crime and the victims of criminals.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 June 2026
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“Drudgers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drudgers. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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