husbandman, husbondman, husbondeman, housbondeman

[Eng. husband; -man.] *1. The master of a family or household. "Sike lay the husbondman , whos that the place is, Bedrid upon a couche now he lay." Chaucer: C. Т. , 7,350. 2. A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the soil; one engaged in farming or agriculture. "The husbandman selfe to come that way, Of custome for to survewe his ground." Spenser: Shepherd's Calendar; Feb. huş-band-rỹ, *hows-bonde-rye, *his-bond