Meanings
nounbeekeeper (plural beekeepers)
plural beekeepers · alternative bee-keeper · alternative bee keeper
- A person who maintains hives and keeps bees, usually honey bees for the production of honey.
Synonyms: apiarist, apiator, apiculturalist, apiculturist, beeherd, beehiver, beemaster, beemistress
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who maintains hives and keeps bees, usually honey bees for the production of honey.
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Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek μελισσουργός
- μελισσουργός (melissourgós)someone who keeps bees
Arabic نَحَّال, عَسَّال
- نَحَّال (naḥḥāl)someone who keeps bees
- عَسَّال (ʕassāl)someone who keeps bees
- جَبَّاح (jabbāḥ)someone who keeps bees
Basque erlezain
- erlezainsomeone who keeps bees
Bulgarian пчела́р, пчела́рка
- пчела́р (pčelár)someone who keeps bees
- пчела́рка (pčelárka)someone who keeps bees
Catalan apicultor, abeller
- apicultorsomeone who keeps bees
- abellersomeone who keeps bees
- abellairesomeone who keeps bees
Chinese Mandarin 養蜂人 /养蜂人
- 養蜂人 /养蜂人 (yǎngfēngrén)someone who keeps bees
Czech včelař, včelařka
- včelařsomeone who keeps bees
- včelařkasomeone who keeps bees
Danish biavler
- biavlersomeone who keeps bees
Dutch imker, imkerin
- imkersomeone who keeps bees
- imkerinsomeone who keeps bees
- bijenhoudersomeone who keeps bees
- bijenhoudstersomeone who keeps bees
Esperanto abelisto, virabelisto
- abelistosomeone who keeps bees
- virabelistosomeone who keeps bees
- abelistinosomeone who keeps bees
Estonian mesinik
- mesiniksomeone who keeps bees
Finnish mehiläishoitaja, mehiläistarhuri
- mehiläishoitajasomeone who keeps bees
- mehiläistarhurisomeone who keeps bees
French apiculteur, apicultrice
- apiculteursomeone who keeps bees
- apicultricesomeone who keeps bees
German Imker, Imkerin
- Imkersomeone who keeps bees
- Imkerinsomeone who keeps bees
- Bienenzüchtersomeone who keeps bees
- Bienenzüchterinsomeone who keeps bees
- Beutnersomeone who keeps bees
- Beutnerinsomeone who keeps bees
- Bienenvatersomeone who keeps bees
- Bienenmuttersomeone who keeps bees
- Zeidlersomeone who keeps bees
- Zeidlerinsomeone who keeps bees
- Zeidelmeistersomeone who keeps bees
- Zeidelmeisterinsomeone who keeps bees
Greek μελισσοκόμος
- μελισσοκόμος (melissokómos)someone who keeps bees
Hungarian méhész
- méhészsomeone who keeps bees
Irish beachaire
- beachairesomeone who keeps bees
Italian apicoltore, apicoltrice
- apicoltoresomeone who keeps bees
- apicoltricesomeone who keeps bees
- apicultoresomeone who keeps bees
- apicultricesomeone who keeps bees
Japanese 養蜂家
- 養蜂家 (yōhōka)someone who keeps bees
Korean 양봉가
- 양봉가 (yangbongga)someone who keeps bees
Latin apiārius, mellifex
- apiāriussomeone who keeps bees
- mellifexsomeone who keeps bees
- cīdlāriussomeone who keeps bees
Latvian biškopis, biškope
- biškopissomeone who keeps bees
- biškopesomeone who keeps bees
- dravniekssomeone who keeps bees
- dravniecesomeone who keeps bees
- biteniekssomeone who keeps bees
- biteniecesomeone who keeps bees
Lithuanian bi̇̀tininkas, bi̇̀tininkė
- bi̇̀tininkassomeone who keeps bees
- bi̇̀tininkėsomeone who keeps bees
Māori kaitiaki pī
- kaitiaki pīsomeone who keeps bees
Norwegian Bokmål birøkter
- birøktersomeone who keeps bees
Persian زنبوردار
- زنبوردار (zanbur-dâr)someone who keeps bees
Polish pszczelarz, pszczelarka
- pszczelarzsomeone who keeps bees
- pszczelarkasomeone who keeps bees
- pasieczniksomeone who keeps bees
Portuguese apicultor, apicultora
- apicultorsomeone who keeps bees
- apicultorasomeone who keeps bees
- abelheirosomeone who keeps bees
- abelheirasomeone who keeps bees
Romanian albinar, albinară
- albinarsomeone who keeps bees
- albinarăsomeone who keeps bees
- apicultorsomeone who keeps bees
- apicultoaresomeone who keeps bees
- prisăcarsomeone who keeps bees
- prisăcărițăsomeone who keeps bees
Russian пчелово́д, па́сечник
- пчелово́д (pčelovód)someone who keeps bees
- па́сечник (pásečnik)someone who keeps bees
- па́сечница (pásečnica)someone who keeps bees
- пчелово́дец (pčelovódec)someone who keeps bees
Slovak včelár, včelárka
- včelársomeone who keeps bees
- včelárkasomeone who keeps bees
Spanish apicultor, apicultora
- apicultorsomeone who keeps bees
- apicultorasomeone who keeps bees
- colmenerosomeone who keeps bees
- colmenerasomeone who keeps bees
- abejerosomeone who keeps bees
- abejerasomeone who keeps bees
Swahili mfugaji nyuki
- mfugaji nyukisomeone who keeps bees
Swedish biodlare
- biodlaresomeone who keeps bees
Turkish arıcı
- arıcısomeone who keeps bees
Ukrainian бджоля́р, бджоля́рка
- бджоля́р (bdžoljár)someone who keeps bees
- бджоля́рка (bdžoljárka)someone who keeps bees
- па́січник (pásičnyk)someone who keeps bees
- па́січниця (pásičnycja)someone who keeps bees
Welsh gwenynwr, gwenynwraig
- gwenynwrsomeone who keeps bees
- gwenynwraigsomeone who keeps bees
Yiddish בינער
- בינער (biner)someone who keeps bees
Cite this entry
APA
beekeeper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beekeeper
MLA
“beekeeper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beekeeper. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beekeeper,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beekeeper.
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