Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that raises sheep or other animals for the production of wool.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who raises sheep or goats for the production of wool.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who raises sheep for the production of wool.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
raises sheep for theproduction ofwool .
Etymologies
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wool + grower
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Examples
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As to the precious metals it might turn out that what had been found was only an earnest of what was to follow; but there could be no doubt that Australia was to be the woolgrower of the whole world, and that it would grow cotton to feed all the mills of England.
Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills William Landsborough
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In essence, the fresh complaint with the JCC is a rehash of a former complaint lodged by superfine woolgrower Saxmere, the victim of the Court of Appeal decision that was overturned by the Supreme Court last week.
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