Husbandman

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Husbandman \Hus"band*man\, n.; pl. {Husbandmen}.
     1. The master of a family. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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     2. A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  husbandman
       n : a person who operates a farm [syn: {farmer}, {granger}, {sodbuster}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Husbandman
     one whose business it is to cultivate the ground. It was one of
     the first occupations, and was esteemed most honourable (Gen.
     9:20; 26:12, 14; 37:7, etc.). All the Hebrews, except those
     engaged in religious services, were husbandmen. (See {AGRICULTURE}.)