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ploughman

UK/ˈplaʊ.mən/

ploughman is the alternative spelling of plowman.

Meaning of plowman

Noun

plowman (plural plowmen)

  1. A man who plows land with a plow.
    • A cereal breeder's farmhands must be good plowmen.

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Forms of ploughman

pluralploughmen
alternative formplowman

Origin of ploughman

From Middle English plowman, ploghmon, plouȝman, equivalent to plough + man. Compare Middle Dutch ploechman.

Words formed from ploughman

Words that rhyme with ploughman

Questions about ploughman

What is ploughman the alternative spelling of?
Ploughman is the alternative spelling of plowman.
How do you pronounce ploughman?
Ploughman is pronounced /ˈplaʊ.mən/ (UK).

Words near ploughman in the dictionary

  1. ploughings
  2. ploughland
  3. ploughlands
  4. ploughless
  5. ploughlike
  6. ploughman
  7. ploughman's
  8. ploughman's lunch
  9. ploughman's lunches
  10. ploughman's sandwich
  11. ploughman's sandwiches

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ploughman (page history and authors); plowman (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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