A ploughman, a cultivator of the soil. historical in later use.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > ploughman or woman (20) earthlingOE A ploughman, a cultivator of the soil. historical in later use. ploughman1223 A man who follows, guides, or drives a plough. Hence more generally: a farm labourer; a rustic or peasant (now rare). earmana1250 An editorial misreading of the plural of heaman ‘villager, churl’, as though showing a form of earman ‘cultivator’ ploughswain1296 A ploughman. earera1382 a ploughman. plougher?1518 A person who ploughs something; spec. the driver of a plough, a ploughman. Occasionally with up. Also figurative. balker1549 One who balks; one who makes balks, or frequents them. scratcher1557 One who scratches, in various senses of the verb. bawker1591 (See quot. 1591.) plough-jogger1600 A person who ‘jogs’ or pushes a plough, a ploughman; (in extended use) a farmer or rural labourer. plough-jobber1667 a ploughman; cf. plough-jogger, n. plough woman1783 tailsman1867 a ploughman. Subcategories:— position of (1) — controller of draught animals (6) |
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