farmworker
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of farmworker
Example Sentences
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And for the farmworker women who are leading this work, it feels more urgent than ever that they continue leading.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026
“The farmworker movement has always been bigger and far more important than any one individual. Cesar’s actions do not diminish the permanent improvements achieved for farmworkers with the help of thousands of people,” she said.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026
“Why after more than 30 years did she keep these secrets?” the 66-year-old Caleas said, referring to Huerta, who has said she did so to protect the farmworker movement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
“I believed that exposing the truth,” Huerta wrote in a short essay, “would hurt the farmworker movement I have spent my entire life fighting for.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
Now a golden sovereign for two nights was more than a fair rent, in the days when a farmworker might hope to make fifteen pounds in a good year.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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