Search results
- Dictionaryhired hand
noun
- 1. a person hired to do short-term manual work.
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
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.
HIRED HAND definition: a hired laborer, esp. on a farm or ranch ; farm hand or ranch hand | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.
someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses. a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback. someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters. a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock.
Define hired hand. hired hand synonyms, hired hand pronunciation, hired hand translation, English dictionary definition of hired hand. n. A paid employee, especially on a farm or ranch. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
A hired hand is a person who is employed to perform tasks or manual labor, often in an assisting role. They are often hired on a temporary basis for specific jobs, particularly in fields such as agriculture, construction or domestic work.
noun. A paid employee, especially on a farm or ranch. American Heritage. Similar definitions. Synonyms: hired man. hand. hire. worker. jobholder. hireling. employee. Other Word Forms of Hired Hand. Noun. Singular: hired hand. Plural: hired hands. Hired Hand Sentence Examples. You're a guest, not a hired hand.
HIRED HAND definition: a hired laborer, esp. on a farm or ranch ; farm hand or ranch hand | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples in American English
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English hired hand ˌhired ˈhand noun [countable] BO TA someone who is employed to help on a farm Examples from the Corpus hired hand • He was too much of a loser to have been anything more than a hired hand.
Definition of hired hand noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
hired hand (pl. hired hands) A person who is employed to perform routine chores and manual labor , especially on a farm or ranch. 1866 , Bayard Taylor , The Story of Kennett , ch. 1: [H]e was numbered among the missing after the Brandywine battle, and presently turned up as a hired hand on the Barton farm.
