Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A laborer on a civil engineering project such as a canal or railroad. · an unskilled laborer
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo carry out physical labor on a civil engineering project.
Clipping of navigator, in reference to the navigation canals upon which these workers first toiled, + -y.
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- Word-formation component-yen
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