farmworker

[ fahrm-wur-ker ]

noun

1. farm hand.

Word History and Origins

Origin of farmworker¹

farm + worker

Example Sentences

Oregon and Washington state, for instance, are planning radio ads to reach migrant farmworkers and a digital ad campaign entirely in Spanish.

From Washington Post

Slowly but surely, things started to come together, and I learned that the pandemic wasn’t just affecting farmworkers.

From Voice of San Diego

A couple months after my story published, I drove up to visit farmworkers with VOSD’s Maya Srikrishnan for a different story about an apparent increase in immigration checkpoints in the area.

From Voice of San Diego

Many farmworkers were hesitant to talk to me, let alone let me follow them around with a camera, because of their immigration status.

From Voice of San Diego

Irrigation crews still laid sprinkler pipe manually, and farmworkers would harvest this cauliflower crop when the time came, but it isn’t a stretch to think that one day, no person will ever lay a hand to the ground around these seedlings.

From MIT Technology Review

His income fell from $1,340 per month selling produce to less than $250 per month, as he resorted to work as a hired farmworker.

From The Daily Beast