(n.) One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a person who does work that requires strength rather than skill, as distinguished from that of an artisan.

blue-collar worker bourgeoisie breadwinner casual casual laborer common laborer common people common run common sort commonage commonality commonalty commoners commons day laborer drudge employee factory worker flunky free lance free-lancer full-time worker hand industrial worker jobber jobholder laborers laboring man linendrapers lower classes lower middle class lower orders lumpen proletariat menial middle class middle orders migrant moiler navvy office temporary operative ordinary people peasantry plain folks plain people proletarian proletariat rank and file roustabout salaried worker self-employed person servant shopkeepers small tradesmen stiff temporary the lower cut the other half the third estate toiler toilers toiling class upper middle class vulgus wage earner wage slave wageworker worker workgirl workhand working class working girl working people workingman workingwoman workman