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Farm worker

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

A person who works on a farm, especially a hired hand..

Example Sentences

Though American legislators renewed restrictive immigration policies in the two decades after the war, they allowed employers of farmworkers to import some 4.5 million Mexican "braceros" and Caribbean "offshores," as the workers were called.
Congress ended the bracero program in 1964, and the next 15 years were the salad days, as it were, for farmworkers
Purdue University researchers estimate that more than 149,500 farmworkers had contracted Covid-19 as of Oct. 16. […] “It’s illogical. We wear masks and take the same precautions as everybody else,” a farmworker called Juan said.

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What does farm worker mean?

Farm worker means A person who works on a farm, especially a hired hand..

What is a synonym for farm worker?

Common synonyms include farmhand.

What is the opposite of farm worker?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use farm worker in a sentence?

Though American legislators renewed restrictive immigration policies in the two decades after the war, they allowed employers of farmworkers to import some 4.5 million Mexican "braceros" and Caribbean "offshores," as the workers were called.

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