| 词汇 | example_english_indentured-labourer |
| 释义 | indentured labourercollocation in Englishmeanings of indentureand labourerThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with labourer. indenture verb[T] uk /ɪnˈden.tʃər/ us /ɪnˈden.tʃɚ/ (in the past) to officially agree that someone, often a young person, will work for someone else, especially in order to learn ... See more at indenture labourer noun[C] uk /ˈleɪ.bər.ər/ us /ˈleɪ.bɚ.ɚ/ a person who does unskilled physical work, ... See more at labourer Examples of indentured labourerThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. The gulf between noble and ignoble was very large, but the difference between a freeman and an indenturedlabourer was small. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was told to lie to the magistrate who registered him as an indenturedlabourer. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In the first place, the recruitment of indentured labourers was drawing to a close. I would like to ask whether the prosperity of the island does not depend in a very large measure upon the treatment of indentured labourers? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are 40,000 indentured labourers in these islands, but the official statistics show that there are from 30,000 to 60,000. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These indentured labourers are not people who are competent to enter into contracts of their own free will. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In regard to the exportation of indentured labourers to the islands, he told us that new regulations of a satisfactory description had lately been introduced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is the phrase "indentured labourers" an accurate description? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In 1922, when a large number of the contracts of these indentured labourers expired, not one of the men was returned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There should be an annual accretion of £25,000, or, in other words, there should be at the present time £160,000 standing to the credit of those indentured labourers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They bound themselves to work as indentured labourers for a set number of years on the plantations. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Between 1834 and 1921, around half a million indentured labourers were present on the island. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These indentured labourers were mostly made up of marginal farmers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Living conditions on the sugar cane plantations, on which most of the "girmityas" (indentured labourers) worked, were often squalid, degrading and brutal. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of indenture Go to the definition of labourer See other collocations with labourer |
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