plowman

See also: Plowman

English

Alternative forms

• ploughman (British)

Etymology

From Middle English plowman, ploghmon, plouȝman, equivalent to plow +‎ man. Compare Middle Dutch ploechman.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈplaʊ.mən/

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• Rhymes: -aʊmən

Noun

plowman (plural plowmen)

1. A man who plows land with a plough.

   A cereal breeder's farmhands must be good plowmen.

Related terms

• plowboy, ploughboy
• plower, plougher
• plowgirl, ploughgirl
• plowshare, ploughshare
• plowwoman, ploughwoman

Translations

male plower

• Aromanian: araci m, arãtor m
• Assamese: হালোৱা (halüa)
• Bulgarian: орач m (orač)
• Catalan: llaurador (ca) m
• Chuvash: сухаҫӑ (suh̬aś̬ă), акаҫӑ (ak̬aś̬ă), суха тӑвакан (suh̬a t̬ăvak̬an)
• Czech: oráč (cs) m
• Dutch: (literal equivalent) ploegman m, ploeger (nl) m
• Erzya: сокиця (sokića)
• Finnish: kyntömies, kyntäjä (fi) (gender neutral)
• French: laboureur (fr) m
• Friulian: aradôr m, vuarzenâr m
• German: Pflüger m, Egger (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀροτήρ m (arotḗr)

• Italian: aratore (it)
• Komi-Zyrian: гӧрысь (göryś)
• Latgalian: oruojs m
• Latin: arātor m
• Latvian: arājs m
• Lithuanian: artojas m
• Macedonian: орач m (orač)
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: куралше (kuralše)

  Western Mari: кыралшы (kyralšy)

• Norman: tchéthtchi m
• Occitan: laurador m, lauraire (oc) m
• Ottoman Turkish: صبانجی (sabancı)
• Polish: oracz (pl) m
• Portuguese: arador m
• Romanian: plugar (ro) m, arător (ro) m (rare)
• Russian: па́харь (ru) m (páxarʹ)
• Spanish: arador (es) m
• Turkish: sabancı (tr)
• Ukrainian: ора́ч (uk) m (oráč), плугата́р m (pluhatár), ра́та́й (uk) m (rátáj) (old or poet.)
• Venetian: arador m
• Volapük: (♂♀) plaudan (vo), (♂) hiplaudan