noun
a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
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the hired hand fixed the railing
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a ranch hand
• Hypernyms: ↑laborer, ↑manual laborer, ↑labourer, ↑jack
• Hyponyms:
↑farmhand, ↑fieldhand, ↑field hand, ↑farm worker, ↑herder, ↑herdsman, ↑drover, ↑ranch hand, ↑stableman, ↑stableboy, ↑groom, ↑hostler, ↑ostler
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noun : farmhand
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1. a hired laborer, esp. on a farm or ranch; farm hand or ranch hand.
2. an employee.
[1810-20, Amer.]
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hired hand UK [ˌhaɪə(r)d ˈhænd] US [ˌhaɪrd ˈhænd] noun [countable] [singular hired hand plural hired hands]
someone who is hired to work on a farm, especially for a short period of time
Thesaurus: farmers and people who work on farmshyponym
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hired hand,
1. a hired laborer.
2. = farm hand. (Cf. ↑farm hand)
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n. a person hired to do short-term manual work
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a person who is paid to work on a farm
Useful english dictionary. 2012.