Meanings
plural farmhands · alternative farm hand
- Synonym of farmworker.
Synonyms: farmworker
- ball gamesA player in the minor leagues (i.e., on a farm team).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of farmworker.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From farm + hand. Regarding the baseball sense, farm team § Etymology explains further, and calling players farm hands also (by the same token) played into the era's notion of slighting someone by dismissing them as a hayseed (country bumpkin).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian рата́й, ратаин
- рата́й (ratáj)farm worker
- ратаин (ratain)farm worker
- рата́йка (ratájka)farm worker
- рата́йче (ratájče)farm worker
Chinese Mandarin 农场工人, 雇农
- 农场工人 (nóng chǎng gōng rén)farm worker
- 雇农 (gù nóng)farm worker
Danish bondekarl, karl
- bondekarlfarm worker
- karlfarm worker
- landarbejderfarm worker
- landbrugsmedhjælperfarm worker
Dutch boerenknecht, knecht
- boerenknechtfarm worker
- knechtfarm worker
Estonian talusulane
- talusulanefarm worker
Finnish farmiliigalainen, farmipelaaja
- farmiliigalainenminor league baseball player
- farmipelaajaminor league baseball player
- renkifarm worker
French ouvrier agricole
- ouvrier agricolefarm worker
German Knecht, Landarbeiter
- Knechtfarm worker
- Landarbeiterfarm worker
Irish buachaill feirme
- buachaill feirmefarm worker
Italian garzone di fattoria
- garzone di fattoriafarm worker
Latin operarius rusticus
- operarius rusticusfarm worker
Norwegian Bokmål dreng, pike
- drengfarm worker
- pikefarm worker
Polish drugoligowy gracz bejsbola, parobek
- drugoligowy gracz bejsbolaminor league baseball player
- parobekfarm worker
- robotnik rolnyfarm worker
- robotnica rolnafarm worker
Portuguese agricultor, agricultora
- agricultorfarm worker
- agricultorafarm worker
- trabalhador ruralfarm worker
Romanian muncitor agricol, agricultor
- muncitor agricolfarm worker
- agricultorfarm worker
Spanish gañán, peón agrícola
- gañánfarm worker
- peón agrícolafarm worker
- trabajador agrícolafarm worker
- labriegofarm worker
- bracerofarm worker
Swedish dräng
- drängfarm worker
Welsh gwas ffarm, gwas fferm
- gwas ffarmfarm worker
- gwas ffermfarm worker
Cite this entry
farmhand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farmhand
“farmhand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farmhand. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “farmhand,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farmhand.
Source: farmhand on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.