migrant worker

English

Noun

migrant worker (plural migrant workers)

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.
   • 2021 September 8, Howard Johnston, “HS2 jobs boost - but skills shortage a concern”, in RAIL, number 939, page 17:

     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.

Translations

agricultural worker

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 農業勞動者／农业劳动者 (nóngyè láodòngzhě)

• Erzya: аловардо (alovardo)
• Finnish: liikkuva maataloustyöntekijä
• German: Wanderarbeiter (de) m, Wanderarbeiterin (de) f, Wanderarbeitnehmer m, Wanderarbeitnehmerin f, Saisonarbeitnehmer m, Saisonarbeitnehmerin f
• Polish: bandos (pl) m, bandoska (pl) f
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: lucrător sezonier m, muncitor sezonier m, căpșunar m
• Russian: сезо́нный рабо́чий m (sezónnyj rabóčij)

guest worker — see guest worker

See also

• seasonal worker

References

• “migrant worker”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.