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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.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Lamberto | | lahm-BER-to | Italian |
Florinda | | flo-REEN-dhah (Spanish) | Spanish, Portuguese |
Hywel | | - | Welsh |
Wayra | | - | Native American, Quechua |
Nels | | - | Danish |
Adlai | | AD-lay (English), AD-lie (English) | Biblical, Biblical Hebrew |