cultivator

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
  2. noun a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture)

Etymology

From cultivate + -or, partly after French cultivateur.

In classic literature

Synonyms

agriculturist, agriculturalist, grower, raiser

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