fieldhand
- noun
- /ˈfiːldˌhænd/
- US
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trabajador agrícola
- And what about that—that sickening moaning from the fieldhands—slave chants; singing, they said?
Examples
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He left generous bequests to all his household and grounds staff, all the cleaning women, and groundskeepers and fieldhands given two years' pay.
Fiction book (2002) -
At first, you think it's a fieldhand catching a nap, but she's wearing a shift, her hair bright as the dry bricks.
Fiction book (2000) -
Eventually, Oberoma, the head fieldhand, died; the position and the shack were given to the old hunchback.
Fiction book (1996) -
Conversely, most slave men were fieldhands, giving them comparatively limited contact with mistresses and masters.
Academic text (2009) -
Some unions explored possible agreements in which Northern jobbers or supermarkets would buy products from unionized factories or fieldhands.
Academic text (2002) -
Additionally, the boy was not of legal age; there was no record of birth; and Ben, as his guardian, in fact, was not his legal kin. Even so, like most of the slave-reared fieldhands, he couldn't prove his own existence—legal or otherwise.
Fiction book (1996) -
The fieldhands worked tirelessly from sunrise to sunset to harvest the crops.
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Every summer, the farm hires several fieldhands to help with the planting and harvesting.
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The fieldhand carried a heavy load of freshly picked vegetables to the market.
Synonyms
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1.1
A person who works on a farm doing jobs like planting or harvesting
8
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
5
1.6
A person who works on a farm doing physical tasks like planting and caring for animals
5
4.0
A person who does hard physical work on a farm
1
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
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fieldhand comes from the simple parts field and hand, where 'hand' once meant 'worker'. So, a fieldhand is a person who works with their hands in the fields doing manual farm work.