Category:Husbandman

Hus"band*man, n.; pl. Husbandmen (.

1. The master of a family. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground.

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

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