Daily Ancestoroperarius
Operarius is Latin for a laborer or worker; operarii is the plural and operaria the feminine.
Operarius means laborer or worker, and as an adjective working or laboring. In a register it gives a man's occupation, like any other trade word.
Because the word does not name a craft, look for other records, such as land or tax lists, to learn more about how your ancestor made a living and whether the family owned land.
As seen in a recordLatin burial register, Bohemia, 1830s
Obiit Jacobus Novak, operarius, aetatis 44 annorum
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