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HIRED MAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hired laborer on a farm or ranch
Example:
a ranch hand
Synonyms:
hand; hired hand; hired man
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hired man" is a kind of...):
jack; laborer; labourer; manual laborer (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hired man"):
farm worker; farmhand; field hand; fieldhand (a hired hand on a farm)
drover; herder; herdsman (someone who drives a herd)
ranch hand (a hired hand on a ranch)
groom; hostler; ostler; stableboy; stableman (someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses)
