Plowman

name, noun

name, noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A man who plows land with a plow.

    "A cereal breeder's farmhands must be good plowmen."

  2. 2
    a male man who plows wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as an occupation for a plowman.

Synonyms

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agriculturalistagriculturistagrologistagronomistbauercoffee-planter

Example

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"Behold the days come saith the LORD that the plowman shall overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed and the mountains shall drop sweet wine and all the hills shall melt."

Etymology

From Middle English plowman, ploghmon, plouȝman, equivalent to plow + man. Compare Middle Dutch ploechman.

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