ploughman

esp US plowman

/ (ˈplaʊmən) /

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noun plural -men

a man who ploughs, esp using horses

any farm labourer

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Derived forms of ploughman

ploughmanship or esp US plowmanship, noun

Words nearby ploughman

plotz, plotzed, plough, plough back, ploughboy, ploughman, ploughman's lunch, ploughman's spikenard, Plough Monday, ploughshare, ploughstaff

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How to use ploughman in a sentence

It is with real regret that I turn from the subject of the "Ayrshire Ploughman," his life and his works.
Friend Mac Donald|Max O'Rell
I thought of ploughman Burns as I listened to blacksmith Burritt.
Captains of Industry|James Parton
Half an hour later he met a ploughman, riding one of his team to the fields.
A Final Reckoning|G. A. Henty
A ploughman who contrived to gallop ten miles for him did not get home for a week.
Auld Licht Idylls|J. M. Barrie

He might with equal probability have been an eccentric landowner or a gentlemanly ploughman.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles|Thomas Hardy