plowman

[ plou-muhn ]

noun

, plural plow·men.

1. a man who plows.
2. a farm laborer or a rustic.

Other Words From

• plowman·ship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of plowman¹

Middle English word dating back to 1225–75; plow, -man

Example Sentences

Nick Belles, 26, a plowman clearing commercial lots in Buffalo’s south towns, said he got a total of three hours of sleep during a three-day stretch.

From Washington Post

Those up for auction were the field hands, carpenters, wheelwrights, plowmen, rice and cotton pickers, cooks, women, children, infants, lame, blind, aged, unsound, parents, lovers, and siblings.

From Washington Post

He girded himself and knew this would be a conflict that would extend the thresholds of his fear of his father and his cowardice before the plowman who had granted him life.

From Literature

Best of all are Wood’s smooth undulant landscapes with their plowmen and spongy trees and infectious serenity.

From New York Times

From the 1880s to the late 1920s, Presque Isle Bay in winter was inhabited by a different lot of outdoorsmen - scores of polers, plowmen, feeders, packers and foremen.

From Washington Times