plowboy

8.6

A boy who guides animals pulling a plow on a farm

noun
/ˈplaʊˌbɔɪ/

Archaic

: chico de arado

I was a valuable plowboy.

Examples

PLOWBOY: This is the Plowboy.

Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
"Come in, plowboy," he said.

Fiction book (1993)
- Throw it here, plowboy!

The Natural (1984)
PLOWBOY: This is the Plowboy.

Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
"Some kind of plowboy?" the foreman laughed.

Fiction book (1993)
I owe that jumped-up plowboy a seeing-to.

Witchfinder General (1968)
" Not a plowboy.

Fiction book (1993)
I'll buy Caroline's way into the finest convent, and Fayth can marry a plowboy if she desires.

Fiction book (2002)
♪ But I'm just a plowboy ♪ ♪ And you couldn't love the likes of me ♪ ♪ So goodbye, Joanna, I've got to see about My Texas tea ♪ ♪ So goodbye ♪

Werewolves Within (2021)
The young plowboy guided the horses as they pulled the heavy plow through the field.

Synonyms

farm boy

vsplowboy

18 1.7

A boy who grew up living and working on a farm

is a boy who guides animals rather than only having rural upbringing

farmboy

vsplowboy

2 2.6

A boy or young man who lives and works on a farm

is specifically a boy who guides animals to work fields rather than just living there

plowman

vsplowboy

Archaic

1 6.3

A man who plows fields on a farm

is a boy who guides animals rather than an adult worker

plower

vsplowboy

Archaic

1 5.6

A person who turns soil with a tool to prepare fields for planting

is a boy who guides animals rather than being an occupational field worker

Surface Forms

plowboy singular

plowboys plural

Morphology

plowboy = plow + boy (transparent) = plow + boy

A straightforward compound whose meaning ('a boy who guides a plow') is directly derived from 'plow' + 'boy'.

Etymology

Plowboy comes from the two simple words plow and boy. It meant a 'boy who walked behind the plow and guided the animals that pulled it', which is why it still means a farm boy who leads the plow today.