agriculturalist
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7.4
- noun
- /ˌæɡrɪˈkʌltʃərəlɪst/
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agricultor
- The agriculturalist explained the best techniques for sustainable farming.
- sedentary agriculturalists
- agriculturalists and pastoralists
- agriculturalists and peasants
We start out as hunter foragers, then we become agriculturalists.
- We start out as hunter foragers, then we become agriculturalists.
Examples
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For too long, agriculturalists have been skeptical about these organic and conservation methods.
Academic text (2003) -
In the Andes, dances are performed in honor of San Isidro Labrador, the patron saint of agriculturalists.
Academic text (1996) -
My mum was the cook, and my papa was an agriculturalist.
Fiction book (1992) -
And Miss Mimi Simkins, our agriculturalist.
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The livelihood goals of urban agriculturalists combine with other broadly embraced environmental goals.
Academic text (2004) -
The majority of the area's earliest inhabitants were agriculturalists and descendants of the Chibcha of Colombia.
Academic text (1996) -
Many agriculturalists use innovative technologies to improve crop yields.
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An agriculturalist will often study soil quality to enhance plant growth.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who grows crops or raises animals on a farm
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2.6
A person who raises plants or crops to sell
4
7.8
A person who grows and studies garden plants like flowers and vegetables
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8.7
A person who studies and advises farmers about soil and crops
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4.1
A person who grows crops, often as a job
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6.1
A person who works in farming, often growing crops or raising animals
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4.0
A person who prepares and looks after land to grow crops or plants
1
7.5
A small farmer who grows and gathers food plants
A person who grows plants or crops on land
How Expert
Surface Forms
Morphology
agriculturalist = agricultural (transparent) = agriculture + al + ist
Formed by adding the productive agentive suffix '-ist' to the adjective 'agricultural', yielding 'a person concerned with agriculture', a straightforward derivation.
Etymology
The word agriculturalist comes from agri- meaning 'field' and culture meaning 'to grow or care for', the same idea you see in agriculture and cultivate. So an agriculturalist is a person who works with fields and farming, studying or helping to grow crops.