navvy

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (UK, historical) A laborer on a civil engineering project such as a canal or railroad.
2. an unskilled laborer

Verb

To carry out physical labor on a civil engineering project.

Conceptes

peó

bracer

Sinònims

digger

excavator

excavator

drudge

galley slave

laborer

peon

unskilled labourer

construction worker

👷

ground-man

unskilled worker

workingman

working man

dredger

workman

ditcher

ground and air forces

shovelman

labourer

Traduccions

terrassier

Erdarbeiter

sterratore

σκαφτιάς

terrazziere

peón

Streckenarbeiter

Peon

galérien

Kanalarbeiter

εργάτης δημόσιων έργων

Straßenarbeiter

εργάτης

peon

Erdarbeiten

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈnævi/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Clipping of navigator, in reference to the navigation canals upon which these workers first toiled, + -y.