husbandman

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

husbandman
    n 1: a person who operates a farm [syn: {farmer}, {husbandman},
         {granger}, {sodbuster}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Husbandman \Hus"band*man\, n.; pl. {Husbandmen}.
   1. The master of a family. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground.
      [1913 Webster]

from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

Husbandman
one whose business it is to cultivate the ground. It was one of
the first occupations, and was esteemed most honourable (Gen.
9:20; 26:12, 14; 37:7, etc.). All the Hebrews, except those
engaged in religious services, were husbandmen. (See {AGRICULTURE}.)

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