Phrase guide

farm worker

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who works on, but does not own, a farm; an agricultural labourer / agricultural laborer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a hired hand on a farm

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: farmhand, fieldhand, field hand

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hired hand, hand, hired man

Narrower terms: dairymaid, milkmaid, dairyman, farmerette, gleaner, harvester, reaper, picker, plowman, ploughman, plower, waterer, weeder

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 農業工人 /农业工人 (nóngyè gōngrén) — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Danish: landarbejder — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Danish: karl — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Estonian: talutööline — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Estonian: sulane — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Estonian: suviline — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Estonian: päeviline — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Estonian: talguline — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Finnish: maataloustyöntekijä — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Finnish: renki — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • German: Farmarbeiter — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • German: Farmarbeiterin — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • German: Landarbeiter — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • German: Landarbeiterin — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • German: Stallbursche — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Irish: buailtíneach — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Māori: kaimahi pāmu — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gårdsarbeider — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gardsarbeider — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gardsarbeidar — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Polish: robotnik rolny — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Polish: robotnica rolna — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Portuguese: trabalhador rural — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Portuguese: trabalhadora rural — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Portuguese: peão — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Portuguese: peã — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Portuguese: peoa — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Portuguese: peona — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Romagnol: cuntadén — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Romagnol: cuntadéna — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Romanian: muncitor agricol — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Romanian: muncitoare agricolă — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Romanian: fermier — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Romanian: fermieră — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Spanish: peón agrícola — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Spanish: peona agrícola — person who works on, but does not own, a farm
  • Spanish: labrador — person who works on, but does not own, a farm