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