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Labor

1. (Australian politics, informal) The Australian Labor Party.
   • 1970, Australian Institute of International Affairs, Institute of Pacific Relations, Australia and the Pacific, page 10:

     Nevertheless there is a distinct difference of emphasis, in the sense just indicated, between the two sides of Australian politics. There has always been some international isolationism, too, in Labor circles in Australia.

   • 1984, David Harris Solomon, Australia′s Government and Parliament, page 102:

     Labor did not regain office until 1929, and then only for a three-year period.

   • 1995, Brian Galligan, A Federal Republic: Australia′s Constitutional System of Government, page 109:

     Labor’s formal reconciliation with the federal Constitution during the postwar decades has been a significant development both for the ALP and for Australian politics generally.

2. (UK politics, American spelling, Australian spelling) Misspelling of Labour. (UK political party)

While it is standard practice in Australia to spell the word labour with the letter U, the political party's name is spelled with no U. Although the "American spelling" has been used officially since the early 20th century, some sources continued to use "Labour" for several decades. The absence of the letter "u" is due to the influence of King O'Malley, an American-born politician who was a prominent figure in the Labor Party. A similar phenomenon of proper nouns using American spelling when traditionally using British spelling when used as common nouns occurs in the naming of several South Australian places, most notably Victor Harbor, which is still often spelt as Victor Harbour (for example the town's railway station is spelt as Victor Harbour).

Variant of Labarre.

Labor (plural Labors)

1. A surname from French.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Labor is the 35489^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 634 individuals. Labor is most common among White (67.35%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Labor”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 374.

• Albor, Albro, Balor, Bolar, bolar, boral, lobar

Clipping of Laboratorium, from Latin labōrātōrium.

• (Germany) IPA^(key): [laˈboːɐ̯]

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• (Austria) IPA^(key): [ˈlaːboːɐ̯]
• (Switzerland) IPA^(key): [ˈlaːboːʁ]
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Labor n (strong, genitive Labors, plural Labors or Labore)

1. laboratory

• As a shortened form, Labor is equivalent to English lab, but unlike the latter it is not informal anymore. In fact, the full form Laboratorium is dated.
• The preferred plural is Labors, but Labore has gained ground in recent years. It may already be the more common form in speech.

• Forschungslabor

• Laborant
• Labormaßstab
• Laborratte

• “Labor” in Duden online
• “Labor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache