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View usage for: (nævi) Word forms: plural navviescountable nounA navvy is a person who is employed to do hard physical work, for example building roads or canals. [British, old-fashioned] ...a blackened young navvy, swinging a pickaxe in the sweating tunnel. Synonyms: labourer, worker, ganger, or woman or person">workman or woman or person More Synonyms of navvy (ˈnævɪ) nounWord forms: plural -vies British informal a labourer on a building site, excavations, etc Word origin C19: shortened from navigator, builder of a navigation (sense 4) navvy in American English (ˈnævi) nounWord forms: plural ˈnavvies British an unskilled laborer, as on canals, roads, etc. Word origin abbrev. of navigator Examples of 'navvy' in a sentencenavvy Definition a labourer on a building site or road He spent 18 months doing navvy's work on a building site. Additional synonymsDefinition a manual worker He now works as a farm hand. Synonyms worker, employee, labourer, workman, operative, or woman or person">craftsman or woman or person, artisan, artificer, hired man, hireling Definition a person who works at a specific job Wages have been frozen and workers laid off. Synonyms employee, hand, labourer, or woman or person">workman or woman or person, or woman or person">craftsman or woman or person, artisan, tradesperson, wage earner, proletarian, working man or woman or person Definition a man who is employed to do manual work The workmen were building a fence around the area. Synonyms labourer, hand, worker, employee, mechanic, operative, or woman or person">craftsman or woman or person, artisan, tradesperson, journeyman or woman, artificer (rare) - navigate
- navigation
- navigator
- navvy
- navy
- nay
- ne plus ultra
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