farmhand
noun
farm·hand
ˈfärm-ˌhand 
1
: a farm laborer
especially
: a hired laborer on a farm
2
: a player on a farm team
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Veterans, farmhands, NHL free agents and European additions have all made their mark.
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Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
When an unlucky farmhand gets bitten, the disease spreads to humans.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025
This time, the life cycle of the land, and the unlikely collaboration of landowners and conservationists, bird watchers and farmhands, provides a similar, albeit less intimate, corollary.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
From Clint Frazier to Anthony Volpe to Jasson Domínguez, the farmhands are met with expectations that should never be placed on the shoulders of players in their early twenties, often leading to disappointment among fans when growing pains occur.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
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Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
When an unlucky farmhand gets bitten, the disease spreads to humans.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025
This time, the life cycle of the land, and the unlikely collaboration of landowners and conservationists, bird watchers and farmhands, provides a similar, albeit less intimate, corollary.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
From Clint Frazier to Anthony Volpe to Jasson Domínguez, the farmhands are met with expectations that should never be placed on the shoulders of players in their early twenties, often leading to disappointment among fans when growing pains occur.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Farmhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/farmhand. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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farmhand
noun
farm·hand
ˈfärm-ˌhand
: a farm laborer
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