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grainer

grainer

5.7
A person who grows or sells grain like wheat
  • noun
  • /ˈɡreɪnər/
translation icon : granjero
  • Many grainers gather at the annual harvest festival to trade their crops.

Examples

  • As a successful grainer, she supplied local bakeries with high-quality flour.

  • The grainer delivered sacks of wheat to the mill before dawn.

  • The grainer sold his harvest at the local market.

  • Many grainers in the Midwest grow corn and soybeans.

  • The grainer delivered sacks of wheat to the local mill during harvest season.

  • Many grainers attend the agricultural fair each year to showcase their crops.

  • As a dedicated grainer, he always ensured his fields were well-prepared for planting.

Synonyms

farmer
vsgrainer
898 1.0

A person who grows crops or raises animals on a farm

may also buy and sell grain in addition to managing land
grower
vsgrainer
87 2.6

A person who raises plants or crops to sell

also handles buying and selling grain as well as cultivation
raiser
vsgrainer
1 4.1

A person who grows crops, often as a job

also involves buying and selling grain besides cultivating and harvesting
cropper
vsgrainer
1 7.5

A small farmer who grows and gathers food plants

covers those small production roles but adds grain trading too
grain merchant
vsgrainer
3.0

A person or business that buys and sells grains like wheat

includes production roles too, not only trading of grain

Surface Forms

grainer singular
grainers plural

Morphology

grainer = grain (transparent) = grain + er

The meaning is a regular agentive formation from 'grain' plus '-er', referring to a person connected with grain.

Etymology

Grainer comes from the word grain, which means 'seed' or the crops like wheat and corn. So a grainer is someone who grows, harvests, or buys and sells these grains.