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Recent Examples of plowman
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.
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Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
Even if, by the end of the tune, the plowman who sings it has lost his farm, and Bessie’s missing and presumably buried on it somewhere.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Mar. 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
Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
Even if, by the end of the tune, the plowman who sings it has lost his farm, and Bessie’s missing and presumably buried on it somewhere.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Mar. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plowman
Noun
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Brands pay farmers to grow a certain amount of sustainable cotton and then receive an equivalent amount of fiber after ginning and spinning, even if it might be blended with conventional cotton.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
26 Mar. 2026
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Serious worm farmers will want to invest in some worm food to ensure their nightcrawlers get the perfect balance of protein, carbohydrates, fat, vitamins, and minerals to create a plump, tasty bait that no self-respecting fish can resist.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Yaghi’s water harvester offers a more portable and eco-friendly alternative.—
Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
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An organic farmer might use a tractor, a harvester, or a milking machine but avoid harmful fertilizers, pest controls, or animal growth hormones.—
Annie Levin,
Washington Post,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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However, cultivators can't get rid of weeds close to plants without damaging the vegetables.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2026
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The commission offers a range of license types, including cultivators, craft marijuana cooperatives, product manufacturers, retailers, research facilities, independent testing laboratories, transporters and microbusinesses.—
State House News Service,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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At harvest, reapers took what was in the mix, both cultivated and wild.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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These friends-to-enemies must navigate their complicated feelings for each other while solving the mystery of why reapers are turning part-human again.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
19 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Kitted out in boots and a safari shirt, Ramsden looked more like a tourist than a farmhand.—
Boyce Upholt,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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That is the long-term hope the Yankees have for the farmhand, though temporary relief work could get Lagrange in the big leagues sooner and hasn’t been ruled out by the club.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The cessation of sugar shipments out of Brazil provided an unparalleled opportunity for ambitious planters in the new British possession of Barbados.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
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The planters are pockmarked and rough-cut; etched and grooved to mimic oyster reefs and mangrove roots.—
Nathan Rott,
NPR,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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At that time, the union had about two dozen contracts with agricultural growers, a huge decline from about 150 in its heyday.—
James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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Chavez is known nationally for his early organizing in the fields, a hunger strike, a grape boycott and eventual victory in getting growers to negotiate with farmworkers for better wages and working conditions.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Despite that, effective control over such management priorities has long rested with agriculturalists and hunters, whose interests are not always shared by the vast majority of Coloradans.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2026
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Native to Southeast Asia, camellias first made their way to California during the Gold Rush, when agriculturist James Lloyd Lafayette Franklin Warren brought seeds from Boston.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Plowman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plowman. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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