noun
Meaning 1
Synonym of farmworker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: farmworker
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
farmhand
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɑːmˌhænd/
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General-American: /ˈfɑɹmˌhænd/
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CMU ARPABET: F AA1 R M HH AE2 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A player in the minor leagues.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a hired hand on a farm
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fieldhand, field hand, farm worker
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
From farm + hand.
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: braceru — farm worker
- Asturian: peón — farm worker
- Bulgarian: ратай (ratáj) — farm worker
- Bulgarian: ратаин (ratain) — farm worker
- Bulgarian: ратайка (ratájka) — farm worker
- Bulgarian: ратайче (ratájče) — farm worker
- Chinese Mandarin: 农场工人 (nóng chǎng gōng rén) — farm worker
- Chinese Mandarin: 雇农 (gù nóng) — farm worker
- Danish: bondekarl — farm worker
- Danish: karl — farm worker
- Danish: landarbejder — farm worker
- Danish: landbrugsmedhjælper — farm worker
- Dutch: boerenknecht — farm worker
- Dutch: knecht — farm worker
- Estonian: talusulane — farm worker
- Faroese: húskallur — farm worker
- Finnish: renki — farm worker
- French: ouvrier agricole — farm worker
- German: Knecht — farm worker
- German: Landarbeiter — farm worker
- Ingrian: maatrenki — farm worker
- Irish: buachaill feirme — farm worker
- Italian: garzone di fattoria — farm worker
- Latin: operarius rusticus — farm worker
- Norman: valet d'fèrme — farm worker
- Norwegian Bokmål: dreng — farm worker
- Norwegian Bokmål: pike — farm worker
- Norwegian Nynorsk: dreng — farm worker
- Norwegian Nynorsk: taus — farm worker
- Polish: parobek — farm worker
- Polish: robotnik rolny — farm worker
- Polish: robotnica rolna — farm worker
- Portuguese: agricultor — farm worker
- Portuguese: agricultora — farm worker
- Portuguese: trabalhador rural — farm worker
- Romagnol: cuntadén — farm worker
- Romagnol: cuntadéna — farm worker
- Romanian: muncitor agricol — farm worker
- Romanian: agricultor — farm worker
- Lower Sorbian: wótrošk — farm worker
- Spanish: gañán — farm worker
- Spanish: peón agrícola — farm worker
- Spanish: trabajador agrícola — farm worker
- Spanish: labriego — farm worker
- Spanish: bracero — farm worker
- Swedish: dräng — farm worker
- Welsh: gwas ffarm — farm worker
- Welsh: gwas fferm — farm worker
- Finnish: farmiliigalainen — minor league baseball player
- Finnish: farmipelaaja — minor league baseball player
- Polish: drugoligowy gracz bejsbola — minor league baseball player
Real reading context