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Definition of Guestworker
1. Noun. A person with temporary permission to work in another country. "A Moroccan guestworker in Canada was accused of aiding terrorists"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guestworker
Literary usage of Guestworker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Employment Effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Policies which encourage shuttle- or guestworker-style migration usually increase
trade ... Trade in goods also tends to expand under guestworker programs. ..."
2. Germany for Germans: Xenophobia and Racist Violence in Germany by Maryellen Fullerton (1995)
"... home of a Turkish guestworker in the Senne neighborhood in Bielefeld. At the
time of the fire, which completely burned the top floor of the house, ..."
3. Fingers to the Bone: United States Failure to Protect Child Farmworkers by Lee Tucker, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (2000)
"Despite the recurring push by growers and some politicians for a "guestworker"
program to bring in more farmworkers from other countries—primarily ..."
4. "Foreigners Out": Xenophobia and Right-Wing Violence in Germany by Holly Cartner (1992)
"... Amadeu Antonio Kiowa, a guestworker from Angola, was murdered in the town of
Eberswalde during the night of November 25, 1990. ..."
5. Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies: Hispanics And the American Future by Marta Tienda, Faith Mitchell (2006)
"First, the termination in 1964 of the Bracero Accords, which authorized a binational
agricultural guestworker program, signaled the closing of an important ..."
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