husbandman

C2+ Topic:Plants & Agriculture

US /ˈhʌzbəndmən/ UK /ˈhʌzbəndmən/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
a farmer or tiller of the soil

The husbandman rose at dawn to tend his fields.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a farmer or tiller of the soil farmer tiller cultivator ploughmanyeomanagriculturist

Word family

Related forms husband husbandry husbandly

Etymology

From Middle English husbondeman, from husband (in the older sense 'householder, tiller of the soil') + man. Husband is from Old English husbonda, from Old Norse husbondi ('master of a house').

husbondi Old Norse

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Plants & Agriculture Word Formation & Derivatives

# husbandman

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈhʌzbəndmən
**IPA (UK):** ˈhʌzbəndmən

## Meanings
1. a farmer or tiller of the soil

## Examples
- The husbandman rose at dawn to tend his fields.

## Synonyms
- farmer
- tiller
- cultivator
- ploughman
- yeoman
- agriculturist

## Related Forms
- husband
- husbandry
- husbandly

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: husbondi

## Etymology
From Middle English husbondeman, from husband (in the older sense 'householder, tiller of the soil') + man. Husband is from Old English husbonda, from Old Norse husbondi ('master of a house').

## AI Etymology
husbandman comes from Middle English husbondeman, from husband (in the older sense 'householder, tiller of the soil') + man. Husband is from Old English husbonda, from Old Norse husbondi ('master of a house'). The path is chiefly one of transmission: the word passes through the named languages and forms, with each stage preserving part of the modern shape. In present English, the noun sense is "a farmer or tiller of the soil", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as husband, husbandry, and husbandly. Its semantic neighborhood includes farmer, tiller, cultivator, and ploughman, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Old Norse husbondi.

## Topics
- Plants & Agriculture
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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