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Princeton's WordNet

  1. plowman, ploughman, plowernoun

    a man who plows

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Ploughmannoun

    Etymology: plough and man.

    When shepherds pipe on oaten straws,
    And merry larks are ploughmen’s clocks,
    The cuckow then on ev’ry tree. William Shakespeare.

    God provides the good things of the world, to serve the neeeds of nature by the labours of the ploughman. Taylor.

    The careful ploughman doubting stands. John Milton.

    Your reign no less assures the ploughman’s peace,
    Than the warm sun advances his increase. Edmund Waller.

    The merchant gains by peace, and the soldiers by war, the shepherd by wet seasons, and the ploughmen by dry. William Temple.

    Who can cease t’ admire
    The ploughman consul in his coarse attire. Dryden.

    One
    My ploughman ’s is, t’other my shepherd’s son. Dryden.

    Her hand! to whose soft seizure
    The cignet’s down is harsh, and, spite of sense,
    Hard as the palm of ploughman. William Shakespeare.

    A weak stomach will turn rye bread into vinegar, and a ploughman will digest it. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

Wikipedia

  1. ploughman

    A plough or plow (US; both ) is a farm tool for loosening or turning the soil before sowing seed or planting. Ploughs were traditionally drawn by oxen and horses, but in modern farms are drawn by tractors. A plough may have a wooden, iron or steel frame, with a blade attached to cut and loosen the soil. It has been fundamental to farming for most of history. The earliest ploughs had no wheels; such a plough was known to the Romans as an aratrum. Celtic peoples first came to use wheeled ploughs in the Roman era.The prime purpose of ploughing is to turn over the uppermost soil, bringing fresh nutrients to the surface while burying weeds and crop remains to decay. Trenches cut by the plough are called furrows. In modern use, a ploughed field is normally left to dry and then harrowed before planting. Ploughing and cultivating soil evens the content of the upper 12 to 25 centimetres (5 to 10 in) layer of soil, where most plant-feeder roots grow. Ploughs were initially powered by humans, but the use of farm animals was considerably more efficient. The earliest animals worked were oxen. Later, horses and mules were used in many areas. With the industrial revolution came the possibility of steam engines to pull ploughs. These in turn were superseded by internal-combustion-powered tractors in the early 20th century. Use of the traditional plough has decreased in some areas threatened by soil damage and erosion. Used instead is shallower ploughing or other less-invasive conservation tillage.

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  1. ploughman

    A ploughman is a person, traditionally a man, who operates a plough, a large farming tool used for tilling soil in preparation for sowing seeds. This term is often used to refer to farmers in rural or historical contexts.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ploughmannoun

    one who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a husbandman

  2. Ploughmannoun

    a rustic; a countryman; a field laborer

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PLOUGHMAN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Ploughman is ranked #123064 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Ploughman surname appeared 140 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Ploughman.

    90% or 126 total occurrences were White.
    6.4% or 9 total occurrences were Black.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ploughman in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ploughman in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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