hired man
4
3.2
- noun
:
hombre contratado
- The hired man woke up early to start his chores on the farm.
- two hired men
- three hired men
- one hired man
Examples
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After the harvest, the hired man was rewarded with a bonus for his hard work.
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Every spring, the farmer hires a hired man to help plant the crops.
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Back at the big house, I had a hired man to take care of everything.
Fiction book (2000) -
The hired man runs away because he is only a hired man... and does not care about the sheep.
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Maybe the hired man had gotten himself drunk and had forgotten to bank it for the night.
Fiction book (1995) -
The next morning, a new hired man brought further news: over the weekend, a fight had broken out at the Sundowner.
Fiction book (1990) -
Uncle Mac was good to his hired men, and everyone in Ravensfield knew it.
Fiction book (1993) -
Uncle Mac said that after such feasting, he and his hired men would never make it back to their tractors.
Fiction book (1993) -
The corn in the field is about two feet high, and the hired men are disking between the rows of weeds.
Fiction book (1994) -
The sisters watched their father cross the mud-puddled yard to where a crew of hired men was waiting in the doorway of the big barn.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
68
1.0
A person who does hard physical work without special skills, often on building sites
25
1.1
A person who works on a farm doing jobs like planting or harvesting
13
1.4
A person who does physical jobs like building or fixing things
10
4.4
A person who works on a ranch caring for cattle or horses
8
3.0
A person paid to work on a farm doing hard work
7
3.0
People who are paid to do house or farm work
7
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
2
8.6
A person who works only for money and shows little loyalty or personal commitment
1
3.0
A person who does hard work using their hands
1
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 person who does physical work with their hands
A farm worker who lives on a large farm and cares for animals and crops
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a man employed to work' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'hired' (engaged to work for payment) with 'man' (adult male); the noun phrase clearly denotes a man who is hired. This modifier + noun structure is a common, compositional pattern in English and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the intended sense.
Etymology
Hired man comes from the simple picture of a farmer paying a man to work on the farm, a hired man who does chores like feeding animals or fixing fences. So today hired man means 'a man employed as a laborer', often on a farm or ranch.