A cultivator of the ground, a farmer; a ploughman; specifically †a manorial tenant; (Scottish) a person who rents a piece of ground of a Scottish acre or more.
Origin
Old English. From acre + man. Compare Middle Dutch ackerman, Middle Low German ackerman, Old High German ackarman, Old Icelandic akrmaðr.
Definition of acreman in US English:
acreman
nounˈeɪkəmən
historical
A cultivator of the ground, a farmer; a ploughman; specifically †a manorial tenant; (Scottish) a person who rents a piece of ground of a Scottish acre or more.
Origin
Old English. From acre + man. Compare Middle Dutch ackerman, Middle Low German ackerman, Old High German ackarman, Old Icelandic akrmaðr.