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husbandman

[ huhz-buhnd-muhn ]

noun

plural husbandmen.
  1. a farmer.


husbandman

/ ˈʌəԻ峾ə /

noun

  1. a farmer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of husbandman1

First recorded in 1300–50, husbandman is from the Middle English word husbondeman. See husband, man
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He is not just a husbandman of organically raised animals and crops — he has, he says, affection for animals, for place, for “everything” — but a tragic, muck-stained poet as well.

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And what of definite information this good husbandman possessed about the long-eared beast of burden would fill a volume of considerable size.

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In war the most part of the punishment and harm falls upon them that least deserve to be punished; that is, upon husbandmen, old men, honest wives, young children, and virgins.

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The arduous toil of the artisan or husbandman was blessed in the consciousness of the performance of a duty.

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The husbandman, for instance, could not pray to God for a plentiful harvest, but must do so to Satan, who was the creator of corn.

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