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† ˈtillman Obs.
[f. till v.1 + man n.]
A man employed in tillage; a farmer, husbandman; a ploughman, peasant; a tiller of the soil.
940Grant of land in Wilts. in Birch Cart. Sax. II. 483 Lang weᵹes þæt ofer tilmannes dene. 13..Cursor M. 4696 (Cott.) Tilmen oueral þe land a-boute..þair sede had saun. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xl. (Ninian) 201, & he þane, as gud tele-man, To wirk in goddis ȝard begane. c1440Jacob's Well 237 Summe feendys komyn as tylmen wyth here hors & carte. 1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 34 Good shepheard, good tilman, good Jack and good Gil, Makes husband and huswife their cofers to fil. 1620T. Granger Div. Logike 56 The till-man plowing in the field, findeth a treasure. |