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plowman

Today it means: A man who plows land with a plow. Full definition →

Middle English plowman

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From Middle English plowman, ploghmon, plouȝman, equivalent to plow + man. Compare Middle Dutch ploechman.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.