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husbandman

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hus⋅band⋅man

[huhz-buhnd-muhn]
–noun, plural -men.
a farmer.

Origin:
1300–50; ME husbondeman. See husband, man 1
hus·band·man   (hŭz'bənd-mən)   
n.  One whose occupation is husbandry; a farmer.

Husbandman

Hus"band*man\, n.; pl. Husbandmen. 1. The master of a family. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

2. A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground.

Husbandman

one whose business it is to cultivate the ground. It was one of the first occupations, and was esteemed most honourable (Gen. 9:20; 26:12, 14; 37:7, etc.). All the Hebrews, except those engaged in religious services, were husbandmen. (See AGRICULTURE.)

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