fieldhand
Agricultural manual worker
A fieldhand is a worker who performs manual labor on a farm, especially in planting and harvesting crops.
The term carries strong associations with agricultural labor in the American South, both during slavery and in the sharecropping era that followed: The fieldhands worked from sunup to sundown.
Also spelled as two words.
Agricultural labor employee
- harvestGathering mature crops
- plowingTurning earth for crops
- sowingPlanting for cultivation
- pickerOne who gathers
crew · seasonal worker · migrant worker · cotton picker · fruit picker · grape picker · day laborer · farm labor
Weeding and tilling implement
- shovelTool for moving earth
- spadeFlat-bladed digging implement
- pitchforkPronged tool for moving straw
- scytheManual crop-cutting implement
rake · sickle · machete · pruning shears · wheelbarrow · bushel basket · trowel · dibble
Farm with residence
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- haciendaSpanish-speaking country estate
- estanciaLatin American cattle ranch
ranch · homestead · acreage · pastureland · agrarian · bucolic · rustic · outback
farmworker
Agricultural labor employee
picker · crew · seasonal worker · migrant worker · cotton picker · fruit picker · grape picker · day laborer · farm labor · bracero
hoe
Weeding and tilling implement
scythe · rake · sickle · machete · pruning shears · wheelbarrow · bushel basket · trowel · dibble · mattock
farmstead
Farm with residence
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- haciendaSpanish-speaking country estate
estancia · ranch · homestead · acreage · pastureland · agrarian · bucolic · rustic · outback · backcountry
cotton
Plant fiber for textiles
wheat · corn · vegetables · fruit · grapes · lettuce · tomatoes · strawberries · beans · peppers
fieldhandlandowner
One possessing real estate
farmer · plantation owner · overseer · master · employer
fieldhanddomestic servant
Paid household employee
domestic worker · housemaid · butler · chambermaid · housekeeper
fieldhandfactory worker
Manufacturing floor employee
office clerk · white-collar worker · executive · desk jockey · urbanite
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