Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
agriculturist .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An agriculturist (which is the preferred form.)
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
farmer ; one involved withagrarian business.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
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Examples
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The Commercial informs me that the flower of the prairie rose is a thermometer by which the knowing "agriculturalist" (he means "farmer") can tell whether the land has an exposure to the early summer and late autumn frosts.
Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910
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He is an "agriculturalist" who has taught an adult education class at the U. or A., but mainly appears to survive by selling books and giving after-dinner talks.
unknown title 2009
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Sir Joseph was also an improving agriculturalist with extensive estates in Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire.
Index of People 2009
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An avid agriculturalist, London highly valued his ranch, and you can learn how he transformed a useless patch of ground into his own version of paradise.
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The chairman of Actelion Ltd., who trained as an agriculturalist, compares himself to a frugal farmer.
Defending his Actelion Strategy Goran Mijuk 2011
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That is, until we realize what any gardener or agriculturalist could tell of--that it is the compost made from dead things that makes possible the next season's growth and our own nourishment.
G. Roger Denson: Holocaust and Redemption in the Photography of Susan Silas G. Roger Denson 2011
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Ariel Dorfman, urban agriculturalist at non-profit New Orleans Food and Farm Network, said, victory gardens abounded in the 1940's, but city farming waned in the 50's.
Susan Buchanan: New Orleans Food Farms Struggle With Toxins and Red Tape Susan Buchanan 2010
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That is, until we realize what any gardener or agriculturalist could tell of--that it is the compost made from dead things that makes possible the next season's growth and our own nourishment.
G. Roger Denson: Holocaust and Redemption in the Photography of Susan Silas G. Roger Denson 2011
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Ariel Dorfman, urban agriculturalist at non-profit New Orleans Food and Farm Network, said, victory gardens abounded in the 1940's, but city farming waned in the 50's.
Susan Buchanan: New Orleans Food Farms Struggle With Toxins and Red Tape Susan Buchanan 2010
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That is, until we realize what any gardener or agriculturalist could tell of--that it is the compost made from dead things that makes possible the next season's growth and our own nourishment.
G. Roger Denson: Holocaust and Redemption in the Photography of Susan Silas G. Roger Denson 2011
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