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Dictionary: hired hand

n.
  1. A paid employee, especially on a farm or ranch.
  2. Informal. A paid employee.

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noun

    One who is employed by another: employee, hireling, jobholder, worker. Informal hire. See over/under, work/play.

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Also, hired man or girl. A person engaged to assist with farm or domestic chores, as in We need extra hired hands during the harvest, or She was looking for a hired girl to do the laundry. This use of hired dates from the 1200s and referred to someone employed for wages as opposed to a slave or serf. The use of girl now may be offensive.


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
  Synonyms: hand, hired man


 
 
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