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farmhand

noun

Definition of farmhand

as in farmer

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Recent Examples of farmhand The voice that had so startled me belonged to our farmhand, Heisuke, a loyal but rather slow-witted man. — Literary Hub, 28 May 2026 Case details Brewer, a farmhand, was convicted in the 1990 murder of an Amarillo flooring company owner. — Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 20 May 2026 Their farmhands played a key role in its spread, said Nakamura, the federal health official. — Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 17 May 2026 The former Toronto farmhand brought a ton of energy when he was first brought up from Providence, enough to earn him a two-year extension. — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 9 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for farmhand

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The insights generated from these technologies can give farmers more time to isolate and treat sick animals before diseases spread widely.

— Robert Kelly, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Pick wild apples—or go to the farmer’s market For city dwellers, Przystup recommends going to the flower market or the farmer’s market, or a classic stroll through Central Park.

— Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of farmer

Noun

More traditionally, Boötes is a herdsman or a plowman.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 8 May 2026
Give your 19th-century plowman a dozen hard ciders, though, and see whether that plays a more significant role in his evening than his urge to pull himself up by his bootstraps.

— Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025

Definition of plowman

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The scale of the invasion has made control difficult, and harvester and marine economic development coordinator Eli Gladstone hopes a viable market for the crabs could help reduce their numbers.

— Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Josie and her single mom live on a middle-of-nowhere farm where the biggest threat (and, apparently, the movie’s arch villain) is a self-driving crop harvester manufactured by a company called Cootings.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of harvester

Noun

After all, from 1773 to 1775, more than thirty-five thousand agriculturalist peasants made war against Russia, in what is commonly referred to as Pugachev’s Rebellion, after the name of its leader.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Oct. 2026
LaRue was a prominent agriculturalist and state legislator, while his son, Jacob Eugene LaRue, was active in efforts to bring University State Farm, the predecessor to UC Davis, to what was then known as Davisville.

— David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of agriculturist

Noun

Set in Guatemala, the drama follows a young agronomist investigating her long-absent father amid the migration crisis.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
Their wider ecosystem includes field workers, seasonal workers, input suppliers, agronomists, university researchers, local traders and ginners.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of agronomist

Noun

But when a patient recognizes him from his dangerous past, Brown has eight hours to elude the government, mob hitmen, quack surgeons, and a trail of dead gangsters to somehow beat the reaper.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026
In one scene, a pair of revellers dance naked just outside the fence of the Calvary Cemetery, thumbing their noses at the reaper while the Manhattan skyline towers in the distance.

— Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026

Definition of reaper

Noun

Local growers supply everything from beef and lamb to mushrooms, honey, cheese and vegetables.

— Derek James, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Likewise, regenerative agriculture, which outlaws increasingly expensive synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, can help growers keep costs down.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026

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