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Webster 1913 Edition


Husbandman

Hus′band-man

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Noun.
;
pl.
Husbandmen
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1.
The master of a family.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
2.
A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground.

Webster 1828 Edition


Husbandman

HUS'BANDMAN

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Noun.
A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground; one who labors in tillage. In America, where men generally own the land on which they labor,the proprietor of a farm is also a laborer or husbandman; but the word includes the lessee and the owner.
1.
The master of a family. [Not in use in America.]