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Meaning of "ploughboy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PLOUGHBOY

ploughboy  [ˈplaʊˌbɔɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLOUGHBOY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ploughboy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PLOUGHBOY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ploughboy in the English dictionary

The definition of ploughboy in the dictionary is a boy who guides the animals drawing a plough. Other definition of ploughboy is any country boy.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLOUGHBOY


attaboy
ˈætəˌbɔɪ
B-boy
ˈbiːˌbɔɪ
batboy
ˈbætˌbɔɪ
beachboy
ˈbiːtʃˌbɔɪ
billyboy
ˈbɪlɪˌbɔɪ
carboy
ˈkɑːˌbɔɪ
cowboy
ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ
deadboy
ˈdɛdˌbɔɪ
doughboy
ˈdəʊˌbɔɪ
fanboy
ˈfænˌbɔɪ
homeboy
ˈhəʊmˌbɔɪ
houseboy
ˈhaʊsˌbɔɪ
ladyboy
ˈleɪdɪˌbɔɪ
lowboy
ˈləʊˌbɔɪ
newsboy
ˈnjuːzˌbɔɪ
paperboy
ˈpeɪpəˌbɔɪ
playboy
ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ
plowboy
ˈplaʊˌbɔɪ
schoolboy
ˈskuːlˌbɔɪ
tomboy
ˈtɒmˌbɔɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLOUGHBOY

plough
plough back
plough horse
Plough Monday
ploughable
plougher
ploughgate
ploughing
ploughland
ploughman
ploughman´s lunch
ploughman´s spikenard
ploughmanship
ploughmen
ploughshare
ploughstaff
ploughtail
ploughwright
plouk
ploukie

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLOUGHBOY

altar boy
baby boy
birthday boy
black boy
boy
cabin boy
drummer boy
errand boy
fair-haired boy
golden boy
highboy
messenger boy
old boy
pretty boy
rent boy
shepherd boy
teddy boy
the boy
whipping boy
white-haired boy

Synonyms and antonyms of ploughboy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ploughboy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLOUGHBOY

Find out the translation of ploughboy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ploughboy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ploughboy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

乡巴佬
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Ploughboy
570 millions of speakers

English

ploughboy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ploughboy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ploughboy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ploughboy
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ploughboy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হলকর্ষণকালে ঘোড়াগুলিকে পরিচালনার জন্য নিযুক্ত বালক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ploughboy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ploughboy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ploughboy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ploughboy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ploughboy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ploughboy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ploughboy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ploughboy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्लॉफोब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ploughboy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Ploughboy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Ploughboy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ploughboy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Ploughboy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ploughboy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

boer kinkel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Ploughboy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Ploughboy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ploughboy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLOUGHBOY»

The term «ploughboy» is normally little used and occupies the 123.732 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLOUGHBOY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ploughboy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ploughboy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ploughboy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLOUGHBOY»

Discover the use of ploughboy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ploughboy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The story of a ploughboy
James Bryce. she sat down at the piano while the tall niece held herself ready to sing. The pianist played a few bars and her friend began. It was Haydn's song, " My mother bids me bind my hair." The words I knew already and liked ; the air, ...
James Bryce, 1912
2
From Ploughboy to Priest
This is a moving account of how Fred Pennington matured from a ploughboy to a parish priest, hypnotherapist and exorcist.
Fred Pennington, 2000
3
Logbook of the Ship Ploughboy
Log, kept by Henry A. Phelan (son of the ship's captain), relating to a whaling voyage ending in shipwreck on a shoal in the Gulf of Guayaquil while en route to Tumbes, Peru.
Ploughboy (Ship), Henry A. Phelon, 1848
4
Sporting Magazine: Or, Monthly Calendar of the Transactions ...
... Sir; J. Johnstone's Patch, beat Mr. Vansittart's Warrior ; Mr. Vansittart^s Nero, beat Dr. Blomberg's Rattle; Major Bower's Blacksmith, beat Mr. Lowther's Ploughboy; Mr. Lumley's Duncombe, beat Major Bower's Bloom ; Major Bower's Bishop, ...
‎1823
5
Reports of cases argued and decided in the circuit court
Thomas Butler v. Steamer Arrow. said steamer Ploughboy, to be conveyed to Chatham. That the said libellant paid to the clerk, the sum of two dollars, for the transportation of the horse to Detroit, and also the further sum of one dollar to be paid ...
‎1856
6
A Million Shakespeares: Collected Plays 1988-1998
JOHNATHAN PLOUGHBOY The king a brute beast? AMERICAN RECRUITER Ay, and tyrannous. And that we have the power to form a better self-governance than his could ever be. And that we have the power to make the world over again  ...
Gregg Glory, 2004
7
The Late Victorian Folksong Revival: The Persistence of ...
When day's work is ended and over. he'll go To fair or to market to buy him a bow, And whistle as he walks, 0, and shrilly too will sing, There's no life like the ploughboy's all in merry spring, There's no life like the ploughboy's all in merry spring.
E. David Gregory, 2010
8
Owen Sound: The Port City
This was probably his first visit to the area since his near disastrous voyage on the Ploughboy, on Georgian Bay off the coast of the Bruce Peninsula, almost twenty years earlier. In July 1859 this sidewheel steamer had been commissioned for ...
Paul White, 2000
9
List of the agricultural periodicals of the United States ...
1- Sept. 190^1907. The Pleasant Valley fruit and wine reporter. Hammondsport, N. Y. m. 1870-July 1871. The Plough, the loom, and the anvil. See The American farmer's magazine. The Ploughboy. Albany. Established as (a) The Ploughboy.
Stephen Conrad Stuntz, Emma Beatrice Hawks, 1941
10
Warrior Women and Popular Balladry, 1650-1850
The Philadelphia Lass (Mary in Search of Her Lover; Billy from America; The Unconstant Lover). 80. The Ploughboy (The Pretty Ploughboy; The Pretty Little Ploughboy; The Simple Ploughboy; It's of A Pretty Ploughboy; The Jolly Ploughboy).
Dianne Dugaw, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLOUGHBOY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ploughboy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A Rathfarnham pub's 'rules' went down a storm on the internet
This list of ten rules from The Merry Ploughboy pub in Rathfarnham have struck a chord, after being viewed more than a million times and ... «The42.ie, Jul 15»
2
Rivertown bounty
In 2013, The Nature Conservancy and its readers selected Ploughboy Market for the Nature's Plate Award, which essentially designated it the ... «Colorado Springs Independent, Jul 15»
3
Williams made living putting body on the line
The two would eventually find themselves in Salida working at the local foods store Ploughboy. They'd already been coming to Salida to hike ... «Mountain Mail Newspaper, Jun 15»
4
In what other war did the heroes take over a post office?
For instance, I learnt how to play the guitar through strident patriotic songs like 'The Merry Ploughboy' and 'A Nation Once Again'. And the ... «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
5
Why 'True Blue' GAA fan Rhona is city's 'Best Dub'
“I love nothing more than doing tours of Dublin, reading books and heading to my local pub, The Merry Ploughboy to belt out favourite Dublin ... «Dublin People, Jun 15»
6
Not history. Not law. The Bible is poetry that inspires
... interesting argument that Protestant Fundamentalism is the fault of Martin Luther, who, by making the Bible the property of "every ploughboy", ... «Irish Independent, May 15»
7
The only way to approach the Bible is with intellectual humility
... the hunger for liberty, the demand for engagement – all have their roots in Luther's dream of a Bible in the pocket of “every ploughboy”. «New Statesman, May 15»
8
Song cycle premiere is a triumph for Truro composer Pascoe
... but we were brought down to earth by the encore, Britten's arrangement of the satiric folksong The Little Ploughboy, who rises to become an ... «Cornish Guardian, May 15»
9
Mad Max: Fury Road is one long, bombastic, over-the-top car chase
War Boys' Claw Cars and The Ploughboy: The Claw Cars, whose sole purpose is destruction instead of construction, are repurposed from ... «Toronto Star, May 15»
10
FIBArk hosts beer and food tasting
Participating food vendors include Smoking Bones Catering, Seasons Café, Shallots, Ploughboy, Rivers Edge, Currents and US Foods. «Mountain Mail Newspaper, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Ploughboy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ploughboy>. May 2024 ».
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