variants
or agriculturalist
as in farmer
a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it
agriculturists who adhere to the organization's standards of organic farming
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Recent Examples of agriculturist
Despite that, effective control over such management priorities has long rested with agriculturalists and hunters, whose interests are not always shared by the vast majority of Coloradans.
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Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2026
Native to Southeast Asia, camellias first made their way to California during the Gold Rush, when agriculturist James Lloyd Lafayette Franklin Warren brought seeds from Boston.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2026
Coming from the Orinoco Basin in South America, groups of agriculturalists settled in villages in the western and eastern parts of the Caribbean, speaking languages derived from the language family known as Arawakan.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2026
Native to Southeast Asia, camellias first made their way to California during the Gold Rush, when agriculturist James Lloyd Lafayette Franklin Warren brought seeds from Boston.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2026
Coming from the Orinoco Basin in South America, groups of agriculturalists settled in villages in the western and eastern parts of the Caribbean, speaking languages derived from the language family known as Arawakan.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agriculturist
farmer
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All of it costs farmers more in a year hit hard by weather, and with the potential for some farmers, like those in the South Platte River Basin, to get reductions in their irrigation water allotments.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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So much of what Diaspora is doing is making sure that the farmers’ spices are getting to you in a beautiful, fresh state.—
Rebecca Firkser,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Agriculturist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agriculturist. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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