husbandman

Etymology

From Middle English husbandman, husbondman, equivalent to husband + -man.

noun

1. a person who raises crops and tends animals; a farmer
   The xviii day of May in the fourth yeare of the Raigne of the kinge most excellent Monarche and in the year of our lord god 1606 I Thomas Knages of Lythe within the county of york husbandman sicke in body but whole in mynde and in perfect remembrance praised be to god do make and ordayne this my last will and testament in manner and forme following . . - 1606, Thomas Knages, The last will and testament of Thomas Knages (1533-1606)
   1684 Thomas Tusser, born at Riven-hall, was successively a Musician, School-master, Serving-man, and a Speculative Husbandman; - Anglorum Speculum: Or The Worthies of England, in Church and State - Thomas Fuller
   The husbandman must labour before he receives the fruits 1844, Jean Calvin, Works