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haymower

haymower noun: a person who cuts grass to make hay, especially using a traditional scythe.

Noun

haymower (plural haymowers)

  1. A person who cuts grass to make hay, especially using a traditional scythe.
    • Early next morning the gudewife took a scythe on her shoulder, and went out in the fields with the hay-mowers to mow.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 41
  2. A mechanical device for cutting grass to make hay.

Forms of haymower

pluralhaymowers

Origin of haymower

From hay + mower.

Questions about haymower

What does haymower mean?
Haymower means a person who cuts grass to make hay, especially using a traditional scythe.
What part of speech is haymower?
Haymower is a noun.
What is the plural of haymower?
The plural of haymower is haymowers.

Words near haymower in the dictionary

  1. haymongers
  2. Haymons
  3. Haymore
  4. Haymores
  5. haymow
  6. haymower
  7. haymowers
  8. haymows
  9. Hayne
  10. Hayner
  11. Hayners

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