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Webster 1913 Edition


Ploughman

{

Plow′man

,

Plough′man

}
,
Noun.
;
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.

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ploughman

ploughman

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ploughman (plural ploughmen)

  1. (Britain) Alternative spelling of plowman

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