From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Husbandman \Hus"band*man\, noun; pl. {Husbandmen}.
1. The master of a family. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a person who operates a farm [syn: {farmer}, {granger}, {sodbuster}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Husbandman one whose business it is to cultivate the ground. It was one of the first occupations, and was esteemed most honourable (Gen. 9:20; 26:12, 14; 37:7, etc.). All the Hebrews, except those engaged in religious services, were husbandmen. (See {AGRICULTURE}.)
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