The Greek noun geōrgos (γεωργός) means farmer, husbandman, vine-dresser, or tenant farmer. Compound of gē (earth) and ergon (work) — literally 'one who works the earth.' It is used both for literal farmers and in Jesus's parables for the tenants of God's vineyard.
Geōrgos carries rich theological significance. In the parable of the tenants (Matthew 21:33-46), the geōrgoi (tenant farmers) represent Israel's leaders who rejected and killed the prophets and finally the Son himself. The vineyard belongs to the Owner (God), and the tenants are stewards, not owners. This frames all human labor and stewardship: we are not owners but geōrgoi — working someone else's land. John 15:1 identifies the Father as the master geōrgos who tends the true vine (Christ) and the branches (believers).