farm worker
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1.1
- noun
- /fɑrm ˈwɜrkər/
:
trabajador agrícola
- In the summer, many farm workers harvest fruits and vegetables to support their families.
- migrant farm workers
- seasonal farm workers
- farm worker lifestyle
That what hurts when farm workers don't have water and shade and bathrooms.
- That what hurts when farm workers don't have water and shade and bathrooms.
- Due to the sudden labor scarcity in Georgia, the state was forced to find new farm workers, prisoners.
- Her laborers were primarily farm workers.
- I think we do need a more streamlined worker visa program, not just for farm workers, by the way.
- There has been a, there was a study that was just released in the MMWR from the CDC of a transmission event from a dairy farm worker to their pet cat.
- But the whole point is like you're strangling farm workers in this shower.
Examples
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Meanwhile, even though real wages for the state's farm workers barely rose, factory wages increased significantly.
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Citizens of California, this is Luis Vasquez of the farm workers...
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I was the daughter of poor farm workers.
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What does the farm worker rights struggle look like now?
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To a cheering crowd of farm workers...
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Such improved delivery would benefit the environment, farm workers, and consumers.
Academic text (2000) -
My parents came here as migrant farm workers.
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Very few researchers, however, have explored the mental health of migrant farm workers in the United States.
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Support groups would increase farm workers' self-esteem and would reduce their isolation by providing emotional support.
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How much more would strawberries cost if they were picked by unionized American farm workers?
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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1.0
A person employed to do physical or routine jobs
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1.0
A person who does hard physical work without special skills, often on building sites
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3.3
A person who moves to another place to do temporary work, often on farms
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4.4
A person who works on a ranch caring for cattle or horses
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3.0
A person paid to work on a farm doing hard work
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3.6
A person paid to do manual work on a farm or ranch
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1.6
A person who works on a farm doing physical tasks like planting and caring for animals
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4.0
A person who does hard physical work on a farm
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8.2
A person who works as a farmer in rural areas, especially in Latin America
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5.6
A person who breaks and turns soil to prepare land for planting
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3.2
A man who works on a farm for pay
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3.2
A person who works only at certain times of the year, for example during harvest or holiday seasons
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3.0
A person who does hard work using their hands
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3.2
A person who works on a farm doing manual tasks like planting and harvesting
A person who works on a farm doing physical work in the fields
A woman who works on a farm or ranch for pay
A woman who works in fields to grow crops
A farm worker who lives on a large farm and cares for animals and crops
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person employed to work on a farm' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'farm' (tract of land) with 'worker' (a person employed for routine or physical work), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE. This simple noun+noun compounding is common cross-linguistically and follows a standard, predictable pattern in English, making it immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Farm worker comes from the clear image of a person doing work in the fields: farm is the place and worker is the person who does the work. So farm worker means 'a person who works on a farm'.