hired man

/ˌhaɪərd mæn/

Definitions of hired man

1. noun

   a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
   synonyms: hand, hired hand

   types:

   farm worker, farmhand, field hand, fieldhand

   a hired hand on a farm

   drover, herder, herdsman

   someone who drives a herd

   ranch hand

   a hired hand on a ranch

   groom, hostler, ostler, stableboy, stableman

   someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses

   cattleman, cowboy, cowhand, cowherd, cowman, cowpoke, cowpuncher, puncher

   a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback

   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

   goat herder, goatherd

   a person who tends a flock of goats

   harvester, reaper

   someone who helps to gather the harvest

   picker

   someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.

   ploughman, plower, plowman

   a man who plows

   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

   waterer

   someone who waters plants or crops

   weeder

   a farmhand hired to remove weeds

   type of:

   jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer

   someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor