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husbandman

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hus·band·man  (hzbnd-mn)
n.
One whose occupation is husbandry; a farmer.
husbandman [ˈhʌzbəndmən]
n pl -men
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a farmer
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.husbandmanhusbandman - a person who operates a farm        
farmer, granger, sodbuster
contadino - an Italian farmer
creator - a person who grows or makes or invents things
agriculturalist, agriculturist, cultivator, grower, raiser - someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
apiarist, apiculturist, beekeeper - a farmer who keeps bees for their honey
dairy farmer, dairyman - the owner or manager of a dairy
arboriculturist, tree farmer, forester - someone trained in forestry
plantation owner, planter - the owner or manager of a plantation
rancher - a person who owns or operates a ranch
smallholder - a person owning or renting a smallholding
small farmer - a farmer on a small farm
sower - someone who sows
stock farmer, stock raiser, stockman - farmer who breed or raises livestock
tenant farmer - a farmer who works land owned by someone else
tiller - someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops)


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Then more than four citizens will be required; for the husbandman will not make his own plough or mattock, or other implements of agriculture, if they are to be good for anything.
The Republic by Plato View in context
-- for I continued to plant when others had begun to hoe -- the ministerial husbandman had not suspected it.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
The assiduous merchant, the laborious husbandman, the active mechanic, and the industrious manufacturer, -- all orders of men, look forward with eager expectation and growing alacrity to this pleasing reward of their toils.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
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