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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

In Bosnia, where agriculture contributes roughly 5% of annual GDP and 10% of all employment, grain farmer Slavisa Lukic stood in one of his corn fields as stalks blew limply in the breeze.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
The federal disaster loans are not available to agricultural producers, farmers or ranchers, except for aquaculture enterprises, the SBA said.

— Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of farmer

Noun

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
The harvester must have harvested oysters during the 2025-26 season, with proof in harvest reports.

— JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 18 May 2026

Definition of harvester

Noun

More than once, his white planter friends stood by him in court and kept him from unjust imprisonment and even execution.

— Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
Treating the Landscaping Like An Afterthought A front porch that feels beautifully styled often incorporates elements like hanging baskets of ferns and planters by the front door.

— Heather Bien, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of planter

Noun

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

This scientific understanding is enabling cultivators to engineer diverse, less pungent strains and driving innovation in discreet, low-odor products like edibles and vapes.

— Peter Su, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Wheat farmers in Britain, sugar beet growers in central Europe, tobacco planters in Virginia and cotton cultivators across the American South all embraced the new fertilizer.

— Edward D. Melillo, Fortune, 27 July 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

Welcomes anyone who is interested in supporting the local wineries as well as grape growers and amateur and professional wine makers.

— Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Officials with the California Farm Bureau said the move will present challenges for the state’s growers.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of grower

Noun

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
Tony Martinez as Pepino Garcia Tony Martinez portrayed Pepino, the McCoys’ farmhand who often served as comic relief.

— Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026

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