Husbandman
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈhəzbəndmən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Husbandman is a noun meaning (dated) a person who raises crops and tends animals; a farmer.
Meaning
(dated) a person who raises crops and tends animals; a farmer.
Example Sentences
The husbandman must labour before he receives the fruits
The 'respected chaste female' is actorialized as a chopping, female husbandman …
1684 Thomas Tusser, born at Riven-hall, was successively a Musician, School-master, Serving-man, and a Speculative Husbandman; - Anglorum Speculum: Or The Worthies of England, in Church and State - Thomas Fuller
Valiant Wisdom tilling and draining; escorted by owl-eyed Pedantry, by owlish and vulturish and many other forms of Folly; — the valiant husbandman assiduously tilling; the blind greedy enemy too assiduously sowing tares!
Word Forms
- husbandmen
Synonyms for husbandman
Depending on context, synonyms include granger, farmer, sodbuster.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include farmer, sodbuster, granger, husbandryman, farmman, husbander.
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