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Definition of Fieldhand
1. Noun. A hired hand on a farm.
Specialized synonyms: Dairymaid, Milkmaid, Dairyman, Farmerette, Gleaner, Harvester, Reaper, Picker, Ploughman, Plower, Plowman, Waterer, Weeder
Generic synonyms: Hand, Hired Hand, Hired Man
Definition of Fieldhand
1. Noun. (alternative form of field hand) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fieldhand
Literary usage of Fieldhand
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Assimilative Memory: Or, How to Attend and Never Forget by Marcus Dwight Larrowe (1896)
"fieldhand. Having finished the reading, let the pupil close the lesson, or put
it out of sight and endeavour to recall the ten words from Building to ..."
2. Assimilative Memory; Or, How to Attend and Never Forget: Or, How to Attend by Marcus Dwight Larrowe (1896)
"fieldhand. Having finished the reading, let the pupil close the lesson, or put
it out of sight and endeavour to recall the ten words from Building to ..."
3. Mayor's Message: With Accompanying Documents to the Municipal Assembly of by Saint Louis (Mo.), Saint Louis (Mo (1874)
"J. Horace Scott, fieldhand in surveys 50 00 per month. ... George Wells, fieldhand
in surveys 2 00 per day. Benjamin R. Singleton, City Architect 208 33 per ..."
4. In Spite of the Handicap: An Autobiography by James David Corrothers (1916)
"But I surprised the fieldhand by whipping him until he became the laughing-stock
of the village, though he was twenty-seven and I was seventeen. ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1838)
"Her occupation was that of a fieldhand, in which situation she was able to perform
her task. Her general health was good, and her principal complaint was ..."
6. Black Diamonds Gathered in the Darkey Homes of the South by Edward Alfred Pollard (1859)
"Chloe, field hand, prime, 33 years, classified as " the best of negroes ;"
Clarissa, fieldhand, prime, 16 years ; Junius, prime, 9 years; Francis, prime, ..."
7. Mars and Its Canals by Percival Lowell (1906)
"earthworm is the fieldhand of nature's crops, who gets his own living by making
theirs. Without this day and night laborer the soil for want of stirring had ..."
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