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fieldhand

fieldhand is the alternative form of field hand.

Meaning of field hand

Noun

field hand (plural field hands)

  1. (US) An outdoor worker on a farm, plantation, or ranch.
    • My mother was hired out to a Mr. Stewart, who lived about twelve miles from old master's, and, being a field hand, she seldom had leisure, by day, for the performance of the journey.1855, Frederick Douglass, chapter 3, in My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York; Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC

Forms of fieldhand

pluralfieldhands

Origin of fieldhand

From field + hand.

Questions about fieldhand

What is fieldhand the alternative form of?
Fieldhand is the alternative form of field hand.

Words near fieldhand in the dictionary

  1. fieldful
  2. fieldfuls
  3. fieldglasses
  4. fieldgun
  5. fieldguns
  6. fieldhand
  7. fieldhands
  8. fieldhouse
  9. fieldhouses
  10. fielding
  11. fielding circle

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