HUS'BANDMAN, noun A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground; one who labors in tillage. In America, where men generally own the land on which they labor, the proprietor of a farm is also a laborer or husbandman; but the word includes the lessee and the owner. 1. The master of a family. [Not in use in America.]
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI