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field hand

noun

Definition of field hand

as in farmer

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Recent Examples of field hand His many references to nature, Black history, basketball, and R&B build a biography of his family—his grandmother’s work as a field hand, his parent’s divorce, his father’s dementia. — Miriam Gershow, Literary Hub, 1 Dec. 2025 While still a young girl, Tubman was taken away from her mother and forced to work as a maid, a nanny, a trapper, and a field hand. — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024 Criminals prey on avocado orchard owners, field hands and drivers who transport avocados for export, among other targets. — Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024 Born on the old Armant plantation in Vacherie, Louisiana, where his mother and father cut sugar cane as field hands, Nailor walked to a segregated school while white students like Weber whizzed past on buses. — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for field hand

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Noun

Now, however, the escalating trade disputes between the two nations are not only challenging this close partnership, but also creating growing uncertainty for American farmers and agricultural equipment manufacturers.

— , CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
Robots could let farmers manage the process while reducing the manual labor required.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of farmer

Noun

Aggressively extracting oil from its iwashi resources, Imperial Japan became the world’s largest harvester of the fish.

— Pei-Hsu Lin, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026
The final scene shows Kaleb driving a combine harvester, and radioing Clarkson to tell him that his partner, Taya, has gone into labor with his third child.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 May 2026

Definition of harvester

Noun

For a welcoming fall porch look, place the fluffy stems in matching planters on either side of your entryway and surround them with gourds and lanterns.

— Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2026
The space unfolds around trees far older than its walls, with trunks cutting through the floors and coffee planters surrounding the interior.

— Nikkita Nair, Saveur, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of planter

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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
At the 1851 Great Exhibition in London, American revolvers and reapers with swappable parts stunned international observers.

— Guru Madhavan, IEEE Spectrum, 29 June 2026

Definition of reaper

Noun

In 2019, González was introduced to Rocha, who had a reputation as a cultivator of Black and brown political talent.

— Jesús Rodríguez, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026
Cut, trim and prune with loppers, shears, snips and more, dig and weed with scoops, trowels, weeders and more and take and cultivate with cultivators and rakes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of cultivator

Noun

Marc Savoy was on his grandfather’s farm in Eunice, Louisiana, on the Prairie Faquetaïque, and something enchanting was rising from the catalpa grove, where a tenant farmer named Hiram Courville lived.

— jeanne malle, Air Mail, 4 July 2026
Set in the Bangladeshi countryside during a pre-digital era, the film centers on Sadu, an impoverished tenant farmer who lives in isolation with his volatile wife.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 May 2026

Definition of tenant farmer

Noun

Vendors and growers carry in their selections from different parts of the city and greater New England, making the lively market feel like a center for the region’s resurgence of artisan crafts and family farming.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026
Other names on Morgan Stanley's list of consistent dividend growers include Nvidia , Royal Caribbean and Capital One Financial .

— Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of grower

Noun

His upcoming studies in Rural Land & Property Management will come after a summer of hands-on work as a farmhand on King Charles’ Sandringham estate.

— Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
But for all the praise Boone showered on Lombard on Friday, the skipper didn’t want to put any sort of timeline on his ETA or comment on whatever boxes the farmhand may still need to check.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026

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