Noun: bracero bru'seh-row
- A Mexican labourer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labour shortages during World War II
"Many braceros sent money back to their families in Mexico"
Derived forms: braceros
Type of: jack, laborer [US], labourer [Brit, Cdn], manual laborer [US], manual labourer [Brit, Cdn]
Encyclopedia: Bracero