Usually means: Worker who operates plow, farming.
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  1. ploughman: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. ploughman: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ploughman: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. ploughman: Dictionary.com
  8. Ploughman: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Ploughman: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. ploughman: Rhymezone
  11. Ploughman: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. ploughman: FreeDictionary.org
  13. ploughman: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. ploughman: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (British) Alternative spelling of plowman [A man who plows land with a plough.]

Similar:
plowman, ploughboy, ploughmen, plough, husbandman, ploughland, cowman, Waggoner, tapster, labourer, more...

Opposite:
reaper, harvester, thresher, agriculturist

Types:
farmer, rancher, reaper, tiller, planter, cultivator, harvester, sower, more...

Phrases:
piers ploughman, more...

Adjectives:
good, poor, old, young, honest, common, english, scottish, scotch, sturdy, skilful



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Similar:
plowman, ploughboy, ploughmen, plough, husbandman, ploughland, cowman, Waggoner, tapster, labourer, more...

Opposite:
reaper, harvester, thresher, agriculturist

Types:
farmer, rancher, reaper, tiller, planter, cultivator, harvester, sower, more...

Phrases:
piers ploughman, more...

Adjectives:
good, poor, old, young, honest, common, english, scottish, scotch, sturdy, skilful



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