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Definition of Farm worker

1. Noun. A hired hand on a farm.

Definition of Farm worker

1. Noun. A person who works on, but does not own, a farm; an agricultural labourer ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Farm Worker

Literary usage of Farm worker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Agricultural Price Policies Under Complex Socioeconomic and Natural by Raisuddin Ahmed (1981)
"Their employment depends on the availability of wage Table 15—Average employment of a family farm worker ..."

2. Unequal Protection: The State Response to Violent Crime on South African Farms by Bronwen Manby, Human Rights Watch (Organization, Rumbi Mabuwa, Human Rights Watch (Organization)., Cheryl Goodenough (2001)
"In one critical case involving a dog bite, the farm worker had an argument with the farmer after he was evicted from the farm. The farmer then set his dogs ..."

3. Agricultural Engineering: A Text Book for Students of Secondary Schools of by Jay Brownlee Davidson (1913)
"The truth of the foregoing statement is better understood when one learns that the producing capacity or earning ability of the farm worker is in direct ..."

4. Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural edited by Melvin L. Myers (1994)
"I hope that this presentation will provoke a wide-ranging consideration and evaluation of the potential impacts of biotechnology on farm worker health. ..."

5. Helping Men Own Farms: A Practical Discussion of Government Aid in Land by Elwood Mead (1920)
"A cash payment of 3 per cent had to be made on a farm or farm worker's allotment at the time of purchase and a 10 per cent payment had to be made on the ..."

6. What Holds Us Together: Social Cohesion in South Africa by David Chidester, Philip Dexter (2004)
"While it is true that farm-worker communities impose rules and expectations on ... Being a packhouse worker or permanent farm worker, with a more formal ..."

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