husbandwoman
- noun
- Archaic
:
agricultora
- The husbandwoman tended to her crops every morning.
Examples
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My grandmother was a skilled husbandwoman who grew vegetables.
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The play depicted a hardworking husbandwoman tending her crops through every season.
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Although rare today, the term husbandwoman was once used for female farmers in England.
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In the old village records, a husbandwoman is listed as the owner of the property.
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The play depicted a hardworking husbandwoman tending her crops through every season.
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My grandmother was a skilled husbandwoman who grew vegetables.
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The husbandwoman tended to her crops every morning.
Synonyms
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A person who grows crops or raises animals on a farm
A woman who lives on and works a farm growing crops or caring for animals
A woman who works in fields to grow crops
A woman who turns and prepares the soil in fields with animals or machines
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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.