roustabout

roust·a·bout  (roust-bout)

n.

1. A laborer employed for temporary or unskilled jobs, as in an oil field.

2. A circus laborer.

3. A deck or wharf laborer, especially on the Mississippi River.

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roustabout [ˈraʊstəˌbaʊt]

n

1. (Business / Professions) an unskilled labourer on an oil rig

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (Business / Professions) Austral another word for rouseabout

3. (Business / Professions) US and Canadian a labourer in a circus or fairground

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

roustabout - a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor deckhand Jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, gob, Jack, tar - a man who serves as a sailor

Translations

roustabout [ˈraʊstəbaʊt] N (US) → peón m

roustabout [ˈraʊstəbaʊt] (US) n → manœuvre m

roustabout

n

(US Naut) (= deckhand) → Deckhelfer m; (in dock) → Werft- or Hafenarbeiter m

(US: = unskilled labourer) → Hilfsarbeiter m

(Austral) → Helfer m → beim Scheren