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

He is not just a husbandman of organically raised animals and crops — he has, he says, affection for animals, for place, for “everything” — but a tragic, muck-stained poet as well.

From Washington Post

And what of definite information this good husbandman possessed about the long-eared beast of burden would fill a volume of considerable size.

From Project Gutenberg

The arduous toil of the artisan or husbandman was blessed in the consciousness of the performance of a duty.

From Project Gutenberg

Shepherds left their sheep, husbandmen their ploughs, deaf to the commands of their lords, and followed him unarmed, taking no thought of the morrow, nor asking how they were to be fed.

From Project Gutenberg

He is regarded as the founder of Kentucky, and in his character, was a good specimen of the early settler, who united in his own person the offices of hunter and husbandman, soldier and statesman.

From Project Gutenberg