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plowman

plowman

1 6.3
A man who plows fields on a farm
  • noun
  • /ˈplaʊmən/
  • Archaic
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  • But his broad shoulders, plowman's back, and stout legs testified to a common upbringing.

It's like the it's like the plough on the the ploughman on the field.

Examples

  • Some distance behind the second plowman was a little boy, also walking in the furrow and carrying a tin can; from time to time, he bent and picked something up from the freshly turned earth and dropped it into the can.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • He's talking about the plowman who has his back turned to the fall.

  • The first plowman was Art's father; the second, his brother, Mart.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Got your plowman, your fisherman, your shepherd.

  • Yes, for our sake it was written, because the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing the crops.

    Blog text (21)
  • Neither ought our hands to hang dangling down, nor should our arms be projected or tossed backwards and forwards, like a plowman who is sowing his corn.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The plowman drove the heavy machinery across the field, preparing the soil for planting.

  • Every morning, the plowman begins his day by harnessing his horses and readying the plow.

  • Under the watchful eye of the farm manager, the plowman expertly tilled the land.

Synonyms

farm worker
vsplowman
25 1.1

A person who works on a farm doing jobs like planting or harvesting

is a male who concentrates on operating field-turning equipment rather than general tasks
farmhand
vsplowman
8 3.0

A person paid to work on a farm doing hard work

is a male who mainly operates field-turning equipment rather than general farm tasks
farmworker
vsplowman
5 1.6

A person who works on a farm doing physical tasks like planting and caring for animals

is a male who mostly handles operating field-turning equipment rather than varied farm duties
field hand
vsplowman
5 4.0

A person who does hard physical work on a farm

is a male specialist who operates heavy equipment to turn the field soil
tiller
vsplowman
4 5.6

A person who breaks and turns soil to prepare land for planting

is an adult who operates heavy draft animals or machines to turn fields
hired man
vsplowman
4 3.2

A man who works on a farm for pay

is a male who specializes in operating heavy field-turning equipment not general labor
plower
vsplowman
  • Archaic
1 5.6

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

is the male form of this job rather than the neutral occupational term
1 3.2

A person who works on a farm doing manual tasks like planting and harvesting

is a male who mainly operates field-turning equipment rather than varied tasks
plowwoman
vsplowman
  • Archaic
8.2

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

is the male version of the same occupation rather than the female one
plowboy
vsplowman
  • Archaic
8.6

A boy who guides animals pulling a plow on a farm

is an adult worker who operates the equipment rather than a child assistant
fieldhand
vsplowman
  • US
7.0

A person who works on a farm doing physical work in the fields

is a male who specifically operates field-turning equipment instead of general field chores

Surface Forms

plowman singular
plowmen plural

Morphology

plowman = plow + man (transparent) = plow + man

The compound plow + man directly yields 'a man who plows'; an average B1 learner knowing 'plow' and 'man' can infer the meaning.

Etymology

The word plowman comes from the tool plow and the word man. The word plow meant 'to cut and turn the soil', so a plowman is literally the person who works the fields by using a plow.