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agriculturist|ægrɪˈkʌltjʊərɪst| [f. agriculture + -ist.] (At first) A student of the science of agriculture, (but soon extended to) A professed cultivator of the land, a farmer (for which agriculturalist is also used).
1760J. Scott Eclogue ii. (Chalmers 1810) XVII. 469 Rural Business; or, the Agriculturists. 1795J. Billingsley Agric. Surv. Somerset (1798) 275 That enlightened agriculturist Jethro Tull. 1814Sir H. Davy Agric. Chem. 4 Both to the theoretical agriculturist, and the practical farmer. 1849Cobden Sp. 2 We have been accused of having subjected the agriculturists of this country to a competition with foreigners. 1861Times 1 June, Re Agriculturist Cattle Insurance Company. |