dataler

English

Alternative forms

• daytaler

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) (historical)

1. A worker who is hired and paid by the day, especially an underground mine worker.

Anagrams

• altared, laterad