| 1. | a hired laborer, esp. on a farm or ranch; farm hand or ranch hand. |
| 2. | an employee. |
| hired hand n.
|
hired hand
Also, hired man or girl. A person engaged to assist with farm or domestic chores, as in We need extra hired hands during the harvest, or She was looking for a hired girl to do the laundry. This use of hired dates from the 1200s and referred to someone employed for wages as opposed to a slave or serf. The use of girl now may be offensive.