From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishploughmanplough‧man /ˈplaʊmən/ noun (plural ploughmen /-mən/) [countable] British English old useTABO a man whose job was to guide a plough that was being pulled by a horse
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ploughman• Taking a gamble, Seb bought a second plough and took on another ploughman.• The homeward-bound ploughman roars his tractor across the flyover linking two fields bisected by the roar of the motorway beneath.• A chance to see what makes a perfect ploughman.• Get that ploughman to help you if he comes back up here.• The ploughman lost his sweat, and the green corn Hath rotted ere his youth attain'd a beard. 