dataler

English

Etymology

From a dialectal form of day tale +‎ -er, as the salary is told by the day; the first element is perhaps analogous to Icelandic dagatal.

Noun

dataler (plural datalers)

(mining, historical) An underground mine worker who was paid a daily rate.

Anagrams

altared, laterad

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