hired man

Definition of hired man

Nouns

a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
Synonyms:
hand, hired hand
Types:
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farm worker, farmhand, field hand, fieldhand
a hired hand on a farm
dairymaid, milkmaid
a woman who works in a dairy
dairyman
a man who works in a dairy
farmerette
a woman working on a farm
gleaner
someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters
harvester, reaper
someone who helps to gather the harvest
picker
someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.
ploughman, plower, plowman
a man who plows
waterer
someone who waters plants or crops
weeder
a farmhand hired to remove weeds
drover, herder, herdsman
someone who drives a herd
goat herder, goatherd
a person who tends a flock of goats
sheepherder, sheepman, shepherd
a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
pigman, swineherd
a herder or swine
ranch hand
a hired hand on a ranch
cattleman, cowboy, cowhand, cowherd, cowman, cowpoke, cowpuncher, puncher
a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
groom, hostler, ostler, stableboy, stableman
someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
Type of:
jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer
someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor

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