Husbandmen
[hʌzbəndmən]
Definition
(pl. ) of Husbandman
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Examples
- For generations they were blacksmiths and husbandmen. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Now, are not the best husbandmen those who are most devoted to husbandry? Plato. The Republic.
- But whether it was advantageous to plant a new vineyard, was a matter of dispute among the ancient Italian husbandmen, as we learn from Columella. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But as husbandmen have less leisure than shepherds, they are not so frequently employed in those pastimes. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- And, as we said before, under such a constitution the same persons have too many callings--they are husbandmen, tradesmen, warriors, all in one. Plato. The Republic.
- When a nation of mere husbandmen, therefore, goes to war, the whole people cannot take the field together. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Then more husbandmen and more artisans will be required? Plato. The Republic.
- The ordinary pastimes of such husbandmen are the same as those of shepherds, and are in the same manner the images of war. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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