Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Husbandman"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Husbandman
one whose business it is to cultivate the ground. It was one of
the first occupations, and was esteemed most honourable (Gen.
9:20; 26:12, 14; 37:7, etc.). All the Hebrews, except those
engaged in religious services, were husbandmen. (See {AGRICULTURE}.)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Husbandman \Hus"band*man\, n.; pl. {Husbandmen}.
1. The master of a family. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
husbandman
n : a person who operates a farm [syn: {farmer}, {granger}, {sodbuster}]
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