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1. a hired laborer, esp. on a farm or ranch; farm hand or ranch hand.2. an employee.[1810-20, Amer.]
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hired hand — [ ,haırd hænd ] noun count someone who is hired to work on a farm, especially for a short period of time … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hired hand — index employee Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
hired hand — n someone who is employed to help on a farm … Dictionary of contemporary English
hired hand — noun a hired laborer on a farm or ranch the hired hand fixed the railing a ranch hand • Syn: ↑hand, ↑hired man • Hypernyms: ↑laborer, ↑manual laborer, ↑labourer, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
hired hand — UK [ˌhaɪə(r)d ˈhænd] / US [ˌhaɪrd ˈhænd] noun [countable] Word forms hired hand : singular hired hand plural hired hands someone who is hired to work on a farm, especially for a short period of time … English dictionary
hired hand — /haɪəd ˈhænd/ (say huyuhd hand) noun (mildly derogatory) an employee. {originally US (1810s) with reference to a free man engaged as a labourer for payment} …
hired hand — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. One who is employed by another: employee, hireling, jobholder, worker. Informal: hire. See OVER, WORK … English dictionary for students
hired hand — noun (C) AmE someone who is employed to help on a farm … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
The Hired Hand — Infobox Film name = The Hired Hand caption = director = Peter Fonda producer = William Hayward Stanley A. Weiss (Executive Producer) writer = Alan Sharp starring = Peter Fonda Warren Oates Verna Bloom music = Bruce Langhorne cinematography =… … Wikipedia
hired man — noun a hired laborer on a farm or ranch (Freq. 2) the hired hand fixed the railing a ranch hand • Syn: ↑hired hand, ↑hand • Hypernyms: ↑laborer, ↑manual laborer, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
