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# ploughman

«ploughman» in Mova's school dictionary: **a farm worker who ploughs fields, pulling the plough with…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (ploughman, ploughmen)

### meaning for a pupil

A ploughman is a farm worker who ploughs fields, pulling the plough with oxen or horses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ploughman/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fables and tales the ploughman works with his ox and ass in the field; he leads his oxen to water

### examples

- A ploughman yoked his ox and ass together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ploughman/#x1)
- The ploughman led his oxen away to drink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ploughman/#x2)
- The ploughman was up before dawn to work the fields. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ploughman/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ploughman» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ploughman/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.