farm hand

a person who works on a farm, especially a hired worker; hired hand.

Origin of farm hand

First recorded in 1835–45

A farm-hand, a trusted native servant, was asked to undertake the task of escorting Mr. Celliers to the Boer lines.

The Petticoat Commando |Johanna Brandt
There was the farm-hand who had come to town with the wild son of his employer—an honest, law-abiding farmer.

Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories |John Fox, Jr.
The necessities of a farm-hand on the estates of Italy are less than those of the same hand in the cities of America.

Races and Immigrants in America |John R. Commons
There was no work here; unless perhaps he might hire out as a farm-hand, at small wages indeed.

The Happy Venture |Edith Ballinger Price

He was a farm-hand—a poor but honest fellow who had both wife and children.

The Story of Don Quixote |Arvid Paulson, Clayton Edwards, and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

farm hand

a person who is hired to work on a farm