agriculturist
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6.1
- noun
- /ˌæɡrɪˈkʌltʃərɪst/
- Specialized
:
agricultor
- The innovative techniques developed by local agriculturists have greatly increased crop yields.
Examples
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The percentage of Lok Sabha members with agriculturist backgrounds has risen steadily from 22.5 percent in 1952 to 51.4 percent in 1996.
Academic text (1997) -
Most Ibibio are agriculturists who grow yams, cassava, plantain, and maize.
Academic text (1994) -
In the next decade, however, only a few agriculturists tried to grow this new cash crop, and with limited success.
Academic text (1993) -
The common opinion of what the Indians should do was to mix into the European population as agriculturists.
Blog text (23) -
Tell me, kind sir, how many urban agriculturists buy their own plots? I don't think many.
Blog text (34) -
The agriculturist Hutu they met had immigrated to Rwanda from central Africa several centuries earlier.
Academic text (1997) -
The Syrian agriculturists did not have to compete with airborne imported produce as the Omanis did.
Academic text (1992) -
Malnutrition in hunter-gatherers tends to be the result of not being able to find enough food, whereas agriculturists suffer from a poor diet in general.
Blog text (28) -
Like agriculturists throughout the third world, they practice a wide range of livelihood activities other than farming (Astilla, Kintanar, and Remedio 1989).
Academic text (1994) -
Many experienced agriculturists understand the importance of sustainable farming practices.
Synonyms
898
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
2
8.7
A person who studies and advises farmers about soil and crops
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6.3
A person who supports or works in farming
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7.4
A person who studies or works in farming to grow crops
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4.1
A person who grows crops, often as a job
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4.0
A person who prepares and looks after land to grow crops or plants
A person who grows plants or crops on land
How Expert
Surface Forms
Morphology
agriculturist = agriculture (transparent) = agriculture + ist
Formation from the noun 'agriculture' with the productive agentive suffix '-ist' yields 'a person engaged in agriculture', which is directly inferable.
Etymology
Agriculturist comes from agri- meaning 'field' and culture meaning 'care' or 'growing', the same roots you see in agriculture and cultivate. So an agriculturist is someone who cares for fields and grows crops.