tillman

See also: Tillman

English

Etymology

From Middle English tylman; equivalent to till +‎ -man.

Noun

tillman (plural tillmen)

1. (obsolete) A man who tills the earth; a husbandman.

   Synonym: tiller

   • 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), 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

• “tillman”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• ant mill