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husbandwoman

husbandwoman

9.9
A woman who works on a farm growing crops or caring for animals
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : agricultora
  • The husbandwoman tended to her crops every morning.

Examples

  • My grandmother was a skilled husbandwoman who grew vegetables.

  • The play depicted a hardworking husbandwoman tending her crops through every season.

  • Although rare today, the term husbandwoman was once used for female farmers in England.

  • In the old village records, a husbandwoman is listed as the owner of the property.

  • The play depicted a hardworking husbandwoman tending her crops through every season.

  • My grandmother was a skilled husbandwoman who grew vegetables.

  • The husbandwoman tended to her crops every morning.

Synonyms

farmer
vshusbandwoman
898 1.0

A person who grows crops or raises animals on a farm

includes women who either manage or work on a farm
landwoman
vshusbandwoman
8.1

A woman who lives on and works a farm growing crops or caring for animals

is the female term covering both managing and working a farm
farmerette
vshusbandwoman
  • Archaic
9.4

A woman who works in fields to grow crops

can also refer to women who manage farms not only laborers
plowwoman
vshusbandwoman
  • Archaic
8.2

A woman who turns and prepares the soil in fields with animals or machines

covers any farm work or management not only field ploughing

How Skilled

husbandwoman
  • Archaic
9.9
smallholder
  • UK
1 5.8
farmhand
8 3.0

Surface Forms

husbandwoman singular
husbandwomen plural

Morphology

husbandwoman = husband + woman (semi-transparent) = husband + woman

The compound literally combines 'husband' + 'woman', but 'husband' here uses an archaic sense 'husband' = 'husbandman' (farmer), which may not be obvious to modern learners.

Etymology

Husbandwoman combines husband and woman; husband once meant 'house owner' or 'farm manager' (from an old Norse word for 'house owner'), so a husbandwoman was a woman who ran or worked on a farm.