Gastarbeiter

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Gast·ar·beit·er

 (gäst′är′bī-tər)
n.
A guest worker, especially one in Germany.

[German : Gast, guest (from Middle High German, from Old High German; see ghos-ti- in Indo-European roots) + Arbeiter, worker (from arbeiten, to work, from Arbeit, work, from Middle High German arebeit, from Old High German arabeit; see orbh- in Indo-European roots).]
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Gast•ar•beit•er

(ˈgɑstˌɑr baɪ tər)

n., pl. -beit•er (-baɪ tər)
German.
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Starting in 1961, the government began recruiting gastarbeiders, or guest workers mainly from Turkey and Morocco.