ploughman
esp US plowman
/ (ˈplaʊmən) /
nounplural -men
a man who ploughs, esp using horses
any farm labourer
Derived forms of ploughman
- ploughmanship or esp US plowmanship, noun
Words Nearby ploughman
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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'RellI thought of ploughman Burns as I listened to blacksmith Burritt.
Captains of Industry | James PartonHalf an hour later he met a ploughman, riding one of his team to the fields.
A Final Reckoning | G. A. HentyA ploughman who contrived to gallop ten miles for him did not get home for a week.
Auld Licht Idylls | J. M. BarrieHe might with equal probability have been an eccentric landowner or a gentlemanly ploughman.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Thomas Hardy
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