sickleman

English

Etymology

From sickle +‎ -man.

Noun

sickleman (plural sicklemen)

1. Someone who uses a sickle; a reaper.
   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

     You sunburned sicklemen, of August weary.

References

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