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husbandman

/ˈhəzbəndmən/

husbandman noun: a person who raises crops and tends animals; a farmer.

Noun

husbandman (plural husbandmen)

  1. (dated) a person who raises crops and tends animals; a farmer
    • The xviii day of May in the fourth yeare of the Raigne of the kinge most excellent Monarche and in the year of our lord god 1606 I Thomas Knages of Lythe within the county of york husbandman sicke in body but whole in mynde and in perfect remembrance praised be to god do make and ordayne this my...1606, Thomas Knages, The last will and testament of Thomas Knages (1533-1606)
    • 1684 Thomas Tusser, born at Riven-hall, was successively a Musician, School-master, Serving-man, and a Speculative Husbandman; - Anglorum Speculum: Or The Worthies of England, in Church and State - Thomas Fuller

husbandman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

husbandman in Hindi

husbandman, herder
पशुपालक paśupālak

husbandman in Tamil

உழுநன்

husbandman in Urdu

دہقان, مزارع, کسان

husbandman in Kannada

ಒಕ್ಕಲಿಗ, ಆರಂಬಗಾರ
More languagesFewer languages
husbandman in Sanskrit
कर्षक karṣaka

Examples of husbandman in a sentence

  • The husbandman must labour before he receives the fruits1844, Jean Calvin, Works:
  • The 'respected chaste female' is actorialized as a chopping, female husbandman …1995, Louise Schleiner, Cultural Semiotics, Spenser, and the Captive Woman:

Forms of husbandman

pluralhusbandmen

Origin of husbandman

From Middle English husbandman, husbondman, equivalent to husband + -man.

Questions about husbandman

What does husbandman mean?
Husbandman means a person who raises crops and tends animals; a farmer.
What is husbandman in Hindi?
Husbandman in Hindi is पशुपालक (paśupālak). See Husbandman meaning in Hindi.
How do you use husbandman in a sentence?
The husbandman must labour before he receives the fruits
What part of speech is husbandman?
Husbandman is a noun.
How do you pronounce husbandman?
Husbandman is pronounced /ˈhəzbəndmən/.
What is the plural of husbandman?
The plural of husbandman is husbandmen.

Words near husbandman in the dictionary

  1. husbandless
  2. husbandlessness
  3. husbandlike
  4. husbandliness
  5. husbandly
  6. husbandman
  7. husbandmen
  8. husbando
  9. husbandoes
  10. husbandos
  11. husbandries

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: husbandman (page history and authors); पशुपालक (Hindi) (page history and authors); husbandman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); husbandman (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); husbandman (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); कर्षक (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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