See also: Tillman

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Etymology edit

From Middle English tylman; equivalent to till +‎ -man.

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tillman (plural tillmen)

  1. (obsolete) A man who tills the earth; a husbandman.
    Synonym: tiller
    • 1557 February 13, Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie., London: [] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: [] Robert Triphook, [], and William Sancho, [], 1810, →OCLC:
      Good shepherd, good tillman, good Jack and good Gill,
      Make husband and huswife their coffers to fill

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