Plow"man, Plough"man (?), n.; pl. -men ().

1.

One who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a husbandman.

Chaucer. Macaulay.

2.

A rustic; a countryman; a field laborer.

Plowman's spikenard Bot., a European composite weed (Conyza squarrosa), having fragrant roots.

Dr. Prior.

 

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