name
Meaning 1
A surname originating as an occupation for a plowman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
plowman
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈplaʊ.mən/
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rhymes with -aʊmən
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noun
Meaning 2
A man who plows land with a plow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- A cereal breeder's farmhands must be good plowmen.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a man who plows
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ploughman, plower
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: farmhand, fieldhand, field hand, farm worker
History
Etymology
From Middle English plowman, ploghmon, plouȝman, equivalent to plow + man. Compare Middle Dutch ploechman.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: հոտաղ (hotaġ) — male plower
- Aromanian: araci — male plower
- Aromanian: arãtor — male plower
- Assamese: হালোৱা (halüa) — male plower
- Bulgarian: орач (orač) — male plower
- Catalan: llaurador — male plower
- Chuvash: сухаҫӑ (suh̬aś̬ă) — male plower
- Chuvash: акаҫӑ (ak̬aś̬ă) — male plower
- Chuvash: суха тӑвакан (suh̬a t̬ăvak̬an) — male plower
- Czech: oráč — male plower
- Dutch: ploegman — male plower
- Dutch: ploeger — male plower
- Erzya: сокиця (sokića) — male plower
- Finnish: kyntömies — male plower
- Finnish: kyntäjä — male plower
- French: laboureur — male plower
- Friulian: aradôr — male plower
- Friulian: vuarzenâr — male plower
- German: Pflüger — male plower
- German: Egger — male plower
- Ancient Greek: ἀροτήρ (arotḗr) — male plower
- Italian: aratore — male plower
- Komi-Zyrian: гӧрысь (göryś) — male plower
- Ladino: arador — male plower
- Latgalian: oruojs — male plower
- Latin: arātor — male plower
- Latvian: arājs — male plower
- Lithuanian: artojas — male plower
- Macedonian: орач (orač) — male plower
- Eastern Mari: куралше (kuralše) — male plower
- Western Mari: кыралшы (kyralšy) — male plower
- Norman: tchéthtchi — male plower
- Occitan: laurador — male plower
- Occitan: lauraire — male plower
- Polish: oracz — male plower
- Portuguese: arador — male plower
- Romanian: plugar — male plower
- Romanian: arător — male plower
- Russian: па́харь (páxarʹ) — male plower
- Spanish: arador — male plower
- Turkish: sabancı — male plower
- Ottoman Turkish: صبانجی (sabancı) — male plower
- Ukrainian: ора́ч (oráč) — male plower
- Ukrainian: плугата́р (pluhatár) — male plower
- Ukrainian: ра́та́й (rátáj) — male plower
- Venetan: arador — male plower
- Volapük: plaudan — male plower
- Volapük: hiplaudan — male plower