hired hand



hired hand

Also, hired man or girl . A person engaged to assist with farm or domestic chores, as in We need extra hired hands during the harvest, or She was looking for a hired girl to do the laundry. This use of hired dates from the 1200s and referred to someone employed for wages as opposed to a slave or serf. The use of girl now may be offensive.
See also: hand, hire

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Lambertolahm-BER-toItalian
Florindaflo-REEN-dhah (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
Hywel-Welsh
Wayra-Native American, Quechua
Nels-Danish
AdlaiAD-lay (English), AD-lie (English)Biblical, Biblical Hebrew