farmworker

noun

farm·​work·​er ˈfärm-ˌwər-kər How to pronounce farmworker (audio)
farmwork noun

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On housing, Arenas noted her efforts to make planning and development more streamlined to speed up building, and pointed out how her office worked on a state bill, signed into law in 2024, that would ease permitting requirements and allow for denser farmworker housing. Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 9 May 2026 Responsible foreign labor is a great service to many of our needs, from farmworkers to scientists. Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026 Convinced by anecdotes of farmworkers who had contracted cowpox and not smallpox, Edward Jenner hypothesized the cowpox protected them. USA Today, 6 May 2026 Chavez, one of the most revered figures in the Latino civil rights movement, co-founded what is now the United Farm Workers, a labor union for farmworkers in America. Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 5 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for farmworker

Word History

First Known Use

1843, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of farmworker was in 1843

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“Farmworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/farmworker. Accessed 12 May. 2026.

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