husbandman

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He is not just a husbandman of organically raised animals and crops — he has, he says, affection for animals, for place, for “everything” — but a tragic, muck-stained poet as well.

From Washington Post

And what of definite information this good husbandman possessed about the long-eared beast of burden would fill a volume of considerable size.

From Project Gutenberg

In war the most part of the punishment and harm falls upon them that least deserve to be punished; that is, upon husbandmen, old men, honest wives, young children, and virgins.

From Project Gutenberg

The arduous toil of the artisan or husbandman was blessed in the consciousness of the performance of a duty.

From Project Gutenberg

Shepherds left their sheep, husbandmen their ploughs, deaf to the commands of their lords, and followed him unarmed, taking no thought of the morrow, nor asking how they were to be fed.

From Project Gutenberg