kitchen gardenern.
/ˌkɪtʃ(ᵻ)n ˈɡɑːdn̩ə/, /ˌkɪtʃ(ᵻ)n ˈɡɑːdnə/, U.S. /ˌkɪtʃ(ə)n ˈɡɑrdn̩ər/, /ˌkɪtʃ(ə)n ˈɡɑrdnər/ A person who cultivates or maintains a kitchen garden, esp. as a trade or occupation; (also more generally) a person who grows vegetables, herbs, fruit, etc., to supply his or her own household.
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arborist1578
nursery gardener1629
nurseryman1629
raiser1707
kitchen gardener1709
market gardener1727
curator1761
landscape-gardenera1763
plannerc1770
mail-gardener1798
landscape architect1863
trucker1868
plantsman1881
weekend gardener1884
groundsman1886
rock gardener1886
tea-gardener1903
landscapist1936
wild gardener1966
1709 E. Ward Secret Hist. Clubs xxiii. 263 Don't you know one of the Stewards is a Kitchen Gardener; and the Rogue, to save Charges, has put in Worms instead of Shrimps, and Snails in the Room of Oysters.
1829 G. W. Johnson Hist. Eng. Gardening 158 When Mr. Lowder was superintendant of the Royal Gardens at St. James's, Switzer was employed in them in the capacity of Kitchen Gardener.
1963 Daily Mail 7 Dec. 4/4 It is heartening to know that even Britain's No. 1 Kitchen Gardener, with 50 years' experience, had his disappointments just like us.
2019 Daily Express 26 Jan. 44/3 Today it pays any keen kitchen gardener to produce their crops over as much of the year as they can.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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