ploughman

Meanings

• A person who works on a farm using a plough to turn over the soil to prepare it for planting.

  - "John is a ploughman on his family farm."
  - "The ploughman worked tirelessly from dawn to dusk."
  - "After the harvest, the ploughman turned to other tasks on the farm."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with ploughman
farmer , labourer , harvester , reaper

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Homophones

Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

1. Ploughman (en) : A person who works on a farm using a plough to turn over the soil to prepare it for planting.
   

2. Ploughman (en) : A large farm implement used for turning over the soil to prepare it for planting. A ploughman uses a plough to do this work.
   

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Variants

List of all variants of ploughman that leads to same result
ploughman's lunch , ploughman's lunches

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

The word ploughman is derived from the Old English word ploughmann, which is a compound word made up of plough (a farm implement used for turning over the soil) and man (a male human being).

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Trivia

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1. Did you know that the word 'ploughman' is first recorded in English in the year 1386?

2. Did you know that in some parts of the world, such as India and Pakistan, the term 'ploughman' is often used interchangeably with the term 'farmer'?

3. Did you know that in some cultures and traditions, such as those found in ancient Greece and Rome, the plough was considered to be a symbol of fertility and rebirth, and the ploughman was often depicted as a powerful and strong figure, embodying the essence of the land and the fertility of the soil?

4. Did you know that in some modern and contemporary art movements, such as those found in abstract expressionism and action painting, the ploughman and the plough were often used as symbols and motifs, representing the raw and primitive energy of the natural world, and the transformative power of human creativity and expression.

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How to Memorize "ploughman"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a person dressed in old farm clothes, holding a long pole with a sharp end attached to it, standing in a field with dark, rich soil, preparing it for planting.

2. associate
   

   - Think of the word 'ploughman' and associate it with the image of a person working on a farm using a plough to turn over the soil to prepare it for planting.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the following mnemonic to help remember the definition of a ploughman: 'A ploughman is a person who works on a farm using a plough to turn over the soil to prepare it for planting.' Remember the first letter of each word in the mnemonic to help you remember it: 'A ppw is a ppp who wttos on a fff using a ppl to ttov the soill to pprep it for plplanting.' Use this mnemonic to help you remember the definition of a ploughman.

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