Meaning & use
Plowman
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A person who plows or tills land, typically a farm laborer.
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The plowman guided his horses steadily across the muddy field.
Medieval literature often idealized the plowman as a symbol of honest labor.
A note on using this word
Famously the subject of the medieval English poem 'Piers Plowman,' which used the figure to explore themes of virtue and labor.
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farmhandtiller
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