gar·den·er

(gärd′nər, gär′dn-ər)

One who works in or tends a garden for pleasure or hire.

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gardener

(ˈɡɑːdnə)

1. (Horticulture) a person who works in or takes care of a garden as an occupation or pastime

2. (Animals) any bowerbird of the genus Amblyornis

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

gar•den•er

(ˈgɑrd nər, ˈgɑr dn ər)

n.

1. a person who is employed to cultivate or care for a garden, lawn, etc.

2. any person who gardens.

[1250–1300; Middle English < Old North French gardinier (Old French jardinier). See garden, -er²]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	gardener - someone who takes care of a garden nurseryman horticulturist, plantsman - an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants) transplanter - a gardener who moves plants to new locations
	2.	gardener - someone employed to work in a garden employee - a worker who is hired to perform a job groundkeeper, groundskeeper, groundsman - someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field) hedger - a gardener who takes care of and trims hedges

Translations

بُسْتَانِيّجَنائِني، بُسْتاني

zahradník

gartner

puutarhuri

vrtlar

kertész

garîyrkjumaîur

giardiniere

庭師

정원사

záhradník

vrtnar

trädgårdsanläggare

คนทำสวน

bahçıvan

người làm vườn

园丁

gardener

[ˈgɑːdnəʳ] N (gen) → jardinero/a m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

gardener

[ˈgɑː^rdənə^r] n → jardinier/ière m/f
He's a gardener → Il est jardinier.garden flat n → appartement en rez-de-jardin mgarden gnome n → nain m de jardingarden hose n → tuyau m d'arrosage

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

gardener

n → Gärtner(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

gardener

[ˈgɑːdnəʳ] n → giardiniere/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

garden

(ˈgaːdn) noun

a piece of ground on which flowers, vegetables etc are grown. a small garden at the front of the house; (also adjective) a garden slug.

verb

to work in a garden, usually as a hobby. The old lady does not garden much.

ˈgardener noun

a person who works in, and looks after, a garden.

ˈgardening noun

the work of looking after a garden. Gardening is his favourite hobby; (also adjective) gardening clothes/tools.

ˈgardens noun singular or plural

a park, especially one where animals are kept or special trees or flowers are grown. zoological/botanical gardens.

garden party

a large (usually formal) party, held in the garden of a house etc.

gardener

→ بُسْتَانِيّ zahradník gartner Gärtner κηπουρός jardinero puutarhuri jardinier vrtlar giardiniere 庭師 정원사 tuinier gartner ogrodnik jardineiro садовник trädgårdsanläggare คนทำสวน bahçıvan người làm vườn 园丁

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Gardener was admittedly the best-dressed woman in Black Hawk, drove the best horse, and had a smart trap and a little white-and-gold sleigh.

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How a Gardener may get rid of the Dormice that eat His Peaches.

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They would go up this path and down that one and cross the other and go round among the fountain flower-beds as if they were looking at the "bedding-out plants" the head gardener, Mr.

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The king became very angry at this, and ordered the gardener to keep watch all night under the tree.

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A Gardener he seemed to be yet surely a mad one, by the way he brandished his rake--madder, by the way he broke, ever and anon, into a frantic jig--maddest of all, by the shriek in which he brought out the last words of the stanza!

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Sir Percival has kindly placed at my disposition the gardener, and the chaise, whenever I want them.

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A MAN had two daughters, the one married to a gardener, and the other to a tile-maker.

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"In that case, you must take her to the gardener's wife.

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He told me it was wanted by his gardener, to be used, in solution, for the killing of insects in the greenhouse.

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He had managed to coax old Brus, the gardener, into letting him have the key to the little postern gate on the plea that he wished to indulge in a midnight escapade, hinting broadly of a fair lady who was to be the partner of his adventure, and, what was more to the point with Brus, at the same time slipping a couple of golden zecchins into the gardener's palm.

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He is followed by a sturdy fellow in a composite dress, which presents him under the double aspect of a groom and a gardener. The guide speaks a few words of rough sympathy.

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The gardener, in a fit of inspiration, put them right along the very front of two borders, and I don't know what his feelings can be now that they are all flowering and the plants behind are completely hidden; but I have learned another lesson, and no future gardener shall be allowed to run riot among my rockets in quite so reckless a fashion.

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