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Agriculturalist

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ag·ri·cul·ture  (gr-klchr)
n.
The science, art, and business of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock; farming.
[Middle English, from Latin agrcultra : agr, genitive of ager, field; see agro- in Indo-European roots + cultra, cultivation; see culture.]
agri·cultur·al adj.
agri·cultur·al·ly adv.
agri·cultur·ist, agri·cultur·al·ist n.
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Noun1.Agriculturalistagriculturalist - someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
agriculturist, cultivator, grower, raiser
farmer, granger, husbandman, sodbuster - a person who operates a farm
fruit grower - someone who grows fruit commercially
viticulturist - a cultivator of grape vine
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Youatt, who was probably better acquainted with the works of agriculturalists than almost any other individual, and who was himself a very good judge of an animal, speaks of the principle of selection as 'that which enables the agriculturist, not only to modify the character of his flock, but to change it altogether.
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