plowman

noun

plow·​man ˈplau̇-mən 

-ˌman

1

: a man who guides a plow

2

: a farm laborer

Examples of plowman in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

More traditionally, Boötes is a herdsman or a plowman. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 8 May 2026

Give your 19th-century plowman a dozen hard ciders, though, and see whether that plays a more significant role in his evening than his urge to pull himself up by his bootstraps. — Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025

Like many present day comedians and actors, medieval minstrels are believed to have had day jobs as peddlers and plowmen, but performed their theatrical gigs at night. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 31 May 2023

Best of all are Wood’s smooth undulant landscapes with their plowmen and spongy trees and infectious serenity. — New York Times, 10 May 2018

The infamous East Riverside slide can dump 50 feet of concrete-thick debris and has taken the lives of three plowmen—in 1970, 1978, and 1992—as well as a preacher and his two daughters in 1963, and two men and most of their team of mules in 1883. — Leath Tonino, Outside Online, 23 Feb. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for plowman

• cowman

Kids Definition

plowman

noun

plow·​man -mən 

1

: one that plows

2

: a farm laborer