Toiler

toil ¹  (toil)

intr.v. toiled, toil·ing, toils

1. To labor continuously; work strenuously.

2. To proceed with difficulty: toiling over the mountains.

n.

1. Exhausting labor or effort: "A bit of the blackest and coarsest bread is . . . the sole recompense and the sole profit attaching to so arduous a toil" George Sand. See Synonyms at work.

2. Archaic Strife; contention.

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[Middle English toilen, from Anglo-Norman toiler, to stir about, from Latin tudiculre, from tudicula, a machine for bruising olives, diminutive of tudes, hammer.]

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toiler n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

toiler - one who works strenuously worker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker"