Meanings
plural agriculturalists
- A farmer; one involved with agrarian business.
Synonyms: agriculturist
- An expert in agriculture who advises farmers.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA farmer; one involved with agrarian business.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsomeone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchagriculture
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵros
- Proto-Italic*agros
- Latinager
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
- Proto-Italic*kʷelō
- Latincolō
- Latincultūra
- Latinagricultūra
- Middle Englishagriculture
- Englishagriculture
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishagricultural
- Englishagriculturalist
From agricultural + -ist.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Landwirt, Landwirtin
- Landwirtfarmer
- Landwirtinfarmer
Irish talmhaíochtaí
- talmhaíochtaífarmer
Scottish Gaelic tuathanach
- tuathanachfarmer
Welsh amaethydd
- amaethyddfarmer
Cite this entry
agriculturalist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agriculturalist
“agriculturalist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agriculturalist. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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