agriculturalist

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/ˌæɡɹɪˈkʌlt͡ʃəɹəlɪst/

noun

A farmer; one involved with agrarian business.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounagriculturalist (plural agriculturalists)

plural agriculturalists

  1. A farmer; one involved with agrarian business.

    Synonyms: agriculturist

  2. 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

  1. Middle Frenchagriculture
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵros
  4. Proto-Italic*agros
  5. Latinager
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  8. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  9. Latincolō
  10. Latincultūra
  11. Latinagricultūra
  12. Middle Englishagriculture
  13. Englishagriculture
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. Englishagricultural
  17. Englishagriculturalist

From agricultural + -ist.

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Translations

German Landwirt, Landwirtin
  • Landwirtfarmer
  • Landwirtinfarmer
Irish talmhaíochtaí
  • talmhaíochtaífarmer
Scottish Gaelic tuathanach
  • tuathanachfarmer
Welsh amaethydd
  • amaethyddfarmer
Cite this entry
APA

agriculturalist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agriculturalist

MLA

“agriculturalist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agriculturalist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “agriculturalist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agriculturalist.

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