field hand
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4.0
- noun
- /fiːld hænd/
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trabajador agrícola
- As a field hand, she spent her days planting and tending to the vegetables on the farm.
- work as a field hand
- dozen field hands
- prime field hands
Examples
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The field hands were responsible for maintaining the fields and helping with livestock chores.
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The servants and field hands all worked for my father for years.
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He was a field hand and he never had the opportunity to make his own wine.
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Mechanics, truck drivers, field hands, it's all going begging for people.
Blog text (7) -
His name is Willie Reed, a field hand for J.W.'s brother.
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Here's a good, strong field hand for your plantation.
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Why, they're field hands, tending the crop of whatever it is.
Fiction book (1991) -
The old Missouri flourished in the region known as Little Dixie, the rich alluvial lands where black field hands toiled in the hemp and cotton fields.
Academic text (2011) -
During the busy harvest season, many field hands worked long hours to gather the crops.
Synonyms
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4.9
A worker who does physical work on a ship or farm
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1.1
A person who works on a farm doing jobs like planting or harvesting
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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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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
How Experienced
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is a direct composition of 'field' (plot of land) + 'hand' (a worker), yielding 'a worker who works in the fields.' This is a literal, productive noun–noun compound found across languages and follows standard English compounding patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The phrase field hand comes from a simple picture: a person using their hands in a field doing hard farm work. That's why it means 'a farm worker'.