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husbandman

/ˈhʌzbəndmən/
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Other forms: husbandmen

Definitions of husbandman
  1. noun
    a person who operates a farm
    synonyms: farmer, granger, sodbuster
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    types:
    contadino
    an Italian farmer
    agriculturalist, agriculturist, cultivator, grower, raiser
    someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
    apiarist, apiculturist, beekeeper
    a farmer who keeps bees for their honey
    dairy farmer, dairyman
    the owner or manager of a dairy
    arboriculturist, forester, tree farmer
    someone trained in forestry
    plantation owner, planter
    the owner or manager of a plantation
    rancher
    a person who owns or operates a ranch
    smallholder
    a person owning or renting a smallholding
    small farmer
    a farmer on a small farm
    sower
    someone who sows
    stock farmer, stock raiser, stockman
    farmer who breed or raises livestock
    tenant farmer
    a farmer who works land owned by someone else
    tiller
    someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops)
    breeder, stock breeder
    a person who breeds animals
    beef man, cattleman, cow man
    a man who raises (or tends) cattle
    crofter
    an owner or tenant of a small farm in Great Britain
    fruit grower
    someone who grows fruit commercially
    grazier
    a rancher who grazes cattle or sheep for market
    sheepman
    a man who raises (or tends) sheep
    viticulturist
    a cultivator of grape vine
    type of:
    creator
    a person who grows or makes or invents things
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