boumann.
/ˈbaʊmən/, /ˈbuːmən/, U.S. /ˈbaʊmən/, /ˈbumən/, Scottish English /ˈbʌʊmən/, /ˈbumən/ Scottish.
The tenant of a bowing n.2
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1752 Scots Mag. Sept. 458/2 John MacCol, bouman, having the charge of milk-cows upon a farm or shealing belonging to Dougal Stewart of Appin.
1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xii. 108 The farmers and the crofters and the boumen..wringing their very plaids to get a second rent.
1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xx. 204 (note) A bouman is a tenant who takes stock from the landlord and shares with him the increase.
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