husbandman

American  

[huhz-buhnd-muhn] / ˈhʌz bənd mən /

noun

plural

husbandmen

1. a farmer.

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husbandman British  

/ ˈhʌzbəndmən /

noun

1. a farmer

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Etymology

Origin of husbandman

First recorded in 1300–50, husbandman is from the Middle English word husbondeman. See husband, man

Example Sentences

But not all around: Natasha Diamond-Walker’s calm dignity as the Pioneering Woman and Lloyd Mayor’s radiantly youthful energy as the Husbandman were both admirable.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2014

Still, dear Ellie, the good Husbandman knows what His plants want; do you believe that, and can you trust Him?

From The Wide, Wide World by Warner, Susan

Then doth the Husbandman of Truth take up the seed from that same tree, and plant it in a pure soil; and lo, there standeth the first tree, even as it was before.

From Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by `Abdu'l-Bahá

The Husbandman pitched a net in his fields to take the Cranes and Geese which came to feed upon the new-sown corn.

From ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. by ?sop

And, on the very morning after the achronical departure of the last star of the Husbandman, Aldebaran rose heliacally, and became visible in the East in the morning before day.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert