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Definition of plowman - 3 dictionary results

plow⋅man

[plou-muhn]
–noun, plural -men.
1. a man who plows.
2. a farm laborer or a rustic.

Origin:
1225–75; ME; see plow, -man


plow⋅man⋅ship, noun
plow·man   (plou'mən)   
n.  
  1. A man who plows.
  2. A farmer or rustic.

Plowman

Plow"man\, Ploughman \Plough"man\, n.; pl. -men. 1. One who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a husbandman. --Chaucer. Macaulay.

2. A rustic; a countryman; a field laborer.

Plowman's spikenard (Bot.), a European composite weed (Conyza squarrosa), having fragrant roots. --Dr. Prior.
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