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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Plowman \Plow"man\, Ploughman \Plough"man\, n.; pl. -men.
     1. One who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a
        husbandman. --Chaucer. Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A rustic; a countryman; a field laborer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Plowman's spikenard (Bot.), a European composite weed
        ({Conyza squarrosa), having fragrant roots. --Dr. Prior.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Plowman \Plow"man\, Ploughman \Plough"man\, n.; pl. -men.
     1. One who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a
        husbandman. --Chaucer. Macaulay.
  
     2. A rustic; a countryman; a field laborer.
  
     Plowman's spikenard (Bot.), a European composite weed
        ({Conyza squarrosa), having fragrant roots. --Dr. Prior.

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