farmhand

noun

farm·​hand ˈfärm-ˌhand 

1

: a farm laborer

especially : a hired laborer on a farm

2

: a player on a farm team

Examples of farmhand in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The King’s nephew, James, Earl of Wessex, worked as a farmhand on the estate over the summer. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026

Monster depicts a Portuguese former farmhand being unjustly arrested for the murder. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026

Jeremiah Jackson, a former Mets farmhand, went deep in the second before Christian Encarnacion-Strand and Samuel Basallo hit back-to-back homers in the third. — CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

Early on, Tong flashed the promise that turned him into one of the Mets’ top farmhands. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 7 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1794, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for farmhand

• armband
• backhand
• bandstand
• baseband
• broadband
• command
• cropland
• demand
• disband
• dreamland
• expand
• farmland

Kids Definition

farmhand

noun

farm·​hand ˈfärm-ˌhand 

: a farm laborer