Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
mill-hand is a noun meaning "a workman in a mill or factory". It carries one recorded sense.
a workman in a mill or factory
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for mill-hand come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.