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ploughman

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ploughman esp US, plowman [ˈplaʊmən]
n pl -men
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a man who ploughs, esp using horses
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) any farm labourer
ploughmanship  esp US, plowmanship n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ploughman - a man who plowsploughman - a man who plows                      
farm worker, farmhand, field hand, fieldhand - a hired hand on a farm
Translations
ploughman plowman (US) [ˈplaʊmən]
A. N (ploughmen (pl)) → arador m, labrador m
B. CPD ploughman's lunch N (Brit) → pan m con queso y cebolla
ploughman [ˈplaʊmən] plowman (US) nlaboureur m
ploughman's lunch n (British) assiette de fromage et de pickles
ploughman plowman (Am) [ˈplaʊmən] n (-men (pl)) → aratore m


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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.
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.
He emptied the pail with the wide thirst of the sweating ploughman, returned it to me, and started up the plough.
 
 
 
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