farmworker

noun

farm·​work·​er ˈfärm-ˌwər-kər How to pronounce farmworker (audio)
farmwork noun

Examples of farmworker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Related Articles Half Moon Bay residents appealed approval of senior farmworker housing. George Avalos, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024 Last July, another young farmworker in Florida named Efraín López García died on the job, after working on farms for nearly a decade. Sam Delgado, Vox, 22 June 2024 Ramirez said 60% to 70% of Camarena’s patients are on Medi-Cal, many of them farmworkers. Kff Health News, Orange County Register, 21 June 2024 And of the three people known to have contracted the H5N1 virus from sick cows since the outbreak began, two of them are farmworkers in Michigan, including one who experienced respiratory symptoms. Megan Molteni, STAT, 12 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for farmworker 

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Word History

First Known Use

1843, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of farmworker was in 1843

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“Farmworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/farmworker. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.

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