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View synonyms for farm hand

farm hand

noun

  1. a person who works on a farm, especially a hired worker; hired hand.


farm hand

noun

  1. a person who is hired to work on a farm


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Word History and Origins

Origin of farm hand1

First recorded in 1835–45

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Example Sentences

At a pitch I could be a tolerable road-sweeper or an inefficient gardener or even a tenth-rate farm hand.

A farm-hand had brought an action against his employer for wages alleged to be due to him.

In 1858 he came to Walla Walla, Washington, and for some time worked as a farm hand.

After some time, the farm-hand who had married went to live in his cottage with his wife.

Having no money to invest in land, he secured employment as a farm hand.

He arrived in Waitsburg on the 13th of March and during the following summer worked for wages as a farm hand.

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