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ploughman

/ ˈplaʊmən /

noun

  1. a man who ploughs, esp using horses
  2. any farm labourer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈploughmanship, noun
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Example Sentences

It is with real regret that I turn from the subject of the "Ayrshire Ploughman," his life and his works.

I thought of ploughman Burns as I listened to blacksmith Burritt.

Half an hour later he met a ploughman, riding one of his team to the fields.

A ploughman who contrived to gallop ten miles for him did not get home for a week.

He might with equal probability have been an eccentric landowner or a gentlemanly ploughman.

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