ploughman

Noun

Meaning

One who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a husbandman.

A rustic; a countryman; a field laborer.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

plowman labrador tiller farmer lab peasant hind countryman cultivator husbandman cottager farmhand sodbuster plower fieldhand
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Antonyms

king queen princess peer hotshot bigwig
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Hypernyms

farmhand farm worker field hand fieldhand

Related terms

tiller ploughshare ploughboy tillerman ploughwoman ploughgirl

Phrases with the word

ploughman's sandwich ploughman's spikenard

Derivatives

-men Ploughmen

Examples

The sailor tells of winds, the ploughman of bulls, the soldier counts his wounds, the shepherd his sheep. Propertius

The ploughman ploughs, the fisherman dreams of fish; Aloft, the sailor, through a world of ropes Guides tangled meditations, feverish With memories of girls forsaken, hopes Of brief reunions, new discoveries, Past rum consumed, rum promised, rum potential. Michael Hamburger

The ploughman knows how many acres he shall upturn from dawn to sunset: but the thinker knows not what a day may bring forth. John Lancaster Spalding

The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep. Laurence J. Peter

Roll me, don't curse me, said the stone to the ploughman. Finnish Proverb

The plough gets not well if the ploughman hold it not. Romanian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

ploughland ploughless ploughlike ploughman's lunch ploughman's sandwich ploughman's spikenard