Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ploughman"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Plowman \Plow"man\, Ploughman \Plough"man\, n.; pl. {-men}.
1. One who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a
husbandman. --Chaucer. Macaulay.

2. A rustic; a countryman; a field laborer.

{Plowman's spikenard} (Bot.), a European composite weed
({Conyza squarrosa}), having fragrant roots. --Dr. Prior.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

ploughman
n : a man who plows [syn: {plowman}, {plower}]


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