tillman
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See also: Tillman
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English tylman; equivalent to till + -man.
Noun[edit]
tillman (plural tillmen)
- (obsolete) A man who tills the earth; a husbandman.
- Synonym: tiller
- 1557 February 13, Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie., London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC:
- Good shepherd, good tillman, good Jack and good Gill,
Make husband and huswife their coffers to fill
References[edit]
- “tillman”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.