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/

Noun

plowman (plural plowmen)

A man who plows land with a plough.
A cereal breeder's farmhands must be good plowmen.

Related terms

Translations

male plower

Aromanian: araci m, arãtor m
Assamese: হালোৱা (halüa)
Catalan: llaurador m
Czech: oráč (cs) m
Dutch: (literal equivalent) ploegman m, ploeger (nl) m
Erzya: сокиця (sokicja)
Finnish: kyntömies, kyntäjä (fi) (gender neutral)
French: laboureur (fr) m
Friulian: aradôr m, vuarzenâr m
German: Pflüger m, Egger (de) m
Italian: aratore
Latgalian: oruojs m
Latin: arātor m

Latvian: arājs m
Lithuanian: artojas m
Norman: tchéthtchi m
Occitan: laurador m, lauraire (oc) m
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
Ukrainian: ора́ч (uk) m (oráč), плугата́р m (pluhatár), ра́та́й (uk) m (rátáj) (old or poet.)
Venetian: arador m
Volapük: (♂♀) plaudan (vo), (♂) hiplaudan

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