Husbandmen
/ˈhʌz.bənd.mən/noun
Plural of husbandman: a farmer or agricultural laborer.
Did you know?The first element of husband comes from Old Norse húsbóndi (“master of a house”), so the word’s history is tied to household authority long before it meant a married man.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*tkei-
“to dwell, settle”
Old Norse
ON
húsbóndi
“householder, master of a house”
Old English
OE
hūsbonda
“master of a house, householder”
Old English
OE
hūsbonda + menn
“householders; farmers, tillers of the soil”
Middle English
ME
husbondmen
“farmers, husbandmen”
Modern English
English
husbandmen
“farmers or agricultural laborers”