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Meaning of hired hand | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A person who is employed to perform routine chores and manual labor, especially on a farm or ranch.

Equivalents

Polski wyrobnica wyrobnik

Examples

“[H]e was numbered among the missing after the Brandywine battle, and presently turned up as a hired hand on the Barton farm.”

“I rented th' back five-acre to John Westfall. I had more'n I could handle with only one hired hand.”

“The Krikavas' farm was auctioned off in pieces. . . . Kevin Krikava, 29, now works as a hired hand on another farm.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

hired muscle hiree Hireling Hirelings hireman Hiren