n.
- A paid employee, especially on a farm or ranch.
- Informal. A paid employee.
| Dictionary: hired hand |
| Thesaurus: hired hand |
| Idioms: hired hand |
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.
| WordNet: hired hand |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
Synonyms: hand, hired man
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| Kleinknecht (family name) | |
| Knecht (family name) |
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