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plowman

noun

Definition of plowman

as in farmer

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Recent Examples of plowman 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

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Noun

Lewis the farmer seems like a nice guy, but Kilby doesn’t buy his (true) story about going to Exile Island and losing his opportunity to get an advantage.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
William Wallace Cargill grew the company over the next several decades, expanding into grain elevators, offering farmers new flexibility in storing and selling their crops.

— Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of farmer

Noun

For an oyster roast—which can vary in size from a family backyard affair to a full-on event with hundreds of attendees—the host will purchase bags of oysters from a local harvester (or harvest the oysters themselves).

— Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 23 Sep. 2026
Corn and soybean growers reported that a single large combine harvester consumes roughly 200 gallons of diesel per day.

— , CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of harvester

Noun

In 2019, González was introduced to Rocha, who had a reputation as a cultivator of Black and brown political talent.

— Jesús Rodríguez, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026
Cut, trim and prune with loppers, shears, snips and more, dig and weed with scoops, trowels, weeders and more and take and cultivate with cultivators and rakes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

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In one scene, a pair of revellers dance naked just outside the fence of the Calvary Cemetery, thumbing their noses at the reaper while the Manhattan skyline towers in the distance.

— Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
At the 1851 Great Exhibition in London, American revolvers and reapers with swappable parts stunned international observers.

— Guru Madhavan, IEEE Spectrum, 29 June 2026

Definition of reaper

Noun

Impatiens Impatiens are commonly grown as bedding plants in the garden, or as filler plants in planters and pots.

— Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 28 Sep. 2026
Get inspired at the garden center with vertical gardens, railing planters, or pots with seasonal florals.

— Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of planter

Noun

During the 19th century, American cotton growers regarded seeds as an enormous nuisance.

— Edward D. Melillo, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
Such traps can reveal when adults become active and help growers determine whether and when additional control measures are needed.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of grower

Noun

LaRue was a prominent agriculturalist and state legislator, while his son, Jacob Eugene LaRue, was active in efforts to bring University State Farm, the predecessor to UC Davis, to what was then known as Davisville.

— David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
According to Mason Huddleston, an urban agriculturalist at Oklahoma State University Extension, one of the plant’s most distinguishing features is its smooth, hollow stem, marked with purple or reddish-purple spots.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 Sep. 2026

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