hine
- noun
- Archaic
Examples
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No, man, not - Not - The hine
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The young hine worked tirelessly in the fields from dawn until dusk.
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At the estate, the hine carried heavy loads and tended to the livestock.
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During harvest season, each hine played a crucial role in gathering the crops.
Synonyms
A person who works in someone's home doing jobs like cooking and cleaning
A person who works on a farm doing jobs like planting or harvesting
A person paid to work on a farm doing hard work
A person paid to do manual work on a farm or ranch
A person who works on a farm doing physical tasks like planting and caring for animals
A person who does hard physical work on a farm
A man who works on a farm for pay
A person who works on a farm doing manual tasks like planting and harvesting
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word hine once meant a farm servant or worker. It comes from an old English word like hind that meant a farm helper, so remembering hind helps you think of a hine as someone who worked 'on the land'.