Definition of Byreman

1. a farm-servant who tends cows [n BYREMEN]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Byreman

bypast
bypath
bypaths
byplace
byplaces
byplay
byplays
byproduct
byproducts
byr1 protein kinase
byre
byreman (current term)
byremen
byres
byrl
byrlady
byrlakin
byrlaw
byrlaws
byrled
byrling
byrls
byrnie
byrnies
byroad
byroads

Literary usage of Byreman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
""At Ladykirk, Berwickshire, Richard Stoele, Mr. Heriot's byreman, being in a field where a bull and cows were pasturing,—the bull attacked him, ..."

2. Advanced Agriculture by Henry J. Webb (1894)
"If the byreman is late in the morning, when he arrives he will find them all up in a restless ... The byreman should be careful to give only wholesome food. ..."

3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1896)
"byreman. A man who works among cows. Fr. 'byre,' a cowhouse. "Keep the cows Uer clean."—Extract from boy's essay. Caff. Chaff. ..."

4. The Journal of a Disappointed Man by W. N. P. Barbellion, Herbert George Wells (1919)
"As for , he is no better than a byreman, and I call him Hodge. This is not the first time I have felt driven to act behind the back of the Profession. ..."

5. An Account of the Systems of Husbandry Adopted in the More Improved by John Sinclair, Great Britain Board of Agriculture (1814)
"It is also more cleanly and healthy, • In some cases, there is a house at the farm-offices for the steward, or head servant, or for the byreman, who has the ..."

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