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farmworker

American  
[fahrm-wur-ker] / ˈfɑrmˌwɜr kər /

noun

  1. farm hand.


Etymology

Origin of farmworker

farm + worker

Example Sentences

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A farmworker directs Times Staff Writer Brittny Mejia, who joined the crew to harvest watermelons and, the following week, cantaloupe.

From Los Angeles Times

“Back to the American dream,” a farmworker joked.

From Los Angeles Times

Another farmworker, who declined to give her name, confided that she and her sons had come here on tourist visas and weren’t legally allowed to work.

From Los Angeles Times

“Are you going to bring la migra down on us?” a farmworker charged with stacking the boxes joked from his position on a flatbed.

From Los Angeles Times

Bryan hoped his son would one day find a job better than that of his own grandfather, a farmworker, and his father, a gardener.

From Barron's