landwoman

8.1

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

noun
/ˈlændˌwʊmən/

: campesina

As a proud landwoman, she rose before dawn each day to tend the fields.

Examples

During the war, many a landwoman played a vital role in keeping the farms running.
The exhibition features photographs of landwomen harvesting crops in the 1940s.
The landwoman tended to her crops every day.
Many landwomen in the area grow organic vegetables.
As a proud landwoman, she rose before dawn each day to tend the fields.
During the war, many a landwoman played a vital role in keeping the farms running.
The landwoman tended to her crops every day.

Synonyms

farmer

vslandwoman

898 1.0

A person who grows crops or raises animals on a farm

lives and works on land but may not own or manage the farm

farm worker

vslandwoman

25 1.1

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

lives and works on land but may not be employed by someone else

homesteader

vslandwoman

Archaic

7 6.9

A person who moves to empty land and works it so the government lets them own it

lives and works on land without the program focus on gaining ownership

landswoman

vslandwoman

Archaic

8.9

A woman who lives and works on a farm or in the countryside

is the same meaning but without stressing contrast with sea workers

husbandwoman

vslandwoman

Archaic

9.9

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

lives and works on land but not necessarily managing the operation

farmerette

vslandwoman

Archaic

9.4

A woman who works in fields to grow crops

lives and works on land, not necessarily as hired labor

Antonyms

seaman

59 2.8

A person who works on a ship as a crew member below the officers

How Agricultural

farmer

898 1.0

landwoman

8.1

farm worker

25 1.1

Surface Forms

landwoman singular

landwomen plural

Morphology

landwoman = land + woman (transparent) = land + woman

The meaning is directly and transparently derived from the compound 'land' + 'woman' meaning a woman associated with land or farming.

Etymology

Landwoman joins land ('ground' or 'fields') and woman and was used for women who lived on and worked farms, especially during the war. So, a landwoman is a woman who works the land.