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ploughman

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ploughman or esp US plowman
Noun
pl -men a man who ploughs
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ploughmanploughman - a man who plows                      
plower, plowman
farm worker, farmhand, field hand, fieldhand - a hired hand on a farm
Translations
ploughman [ˈplaumən] n ploughman's lunch → pan m con queso y cebolla
ploughman, plowman (US) [ˈplaumən] irreg n → laboureur m
ploughman (US) plowman [ˈplaumən] plough irreg like man) n → Pflüger m
ploughman (US), plowman [ˈplaumən] n → aratore m;
ploughman's lunch (BRIT) → semplice pasto a base di pane e formaggio


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But in his poem called The Vision of Piers the Ploughman he says, "I have lived in the land, quoth I, my name is long Will.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
But the rascal of a painter, poet, novelist, or other voluptuary in labor, is not content with his advantage in popular esteem over the ploughman; he also wants an advantage in money, as if there were more hours in a day spent in the studio or library than in the field; or as if he needed more food to enable him to do his work than the ploughman to enable him to do his.
An Unsocial Socialist by Shaw, George Bernard View in context
He emptied the pail with the wide thirst of the sweating ploughman, returned it to me, and started up the plough.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
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