as in cultivator
a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it
a young farmer whose family has been growing wheat for many generations
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The organization also has a separate home for at-risk girls who have been victims of trauma, human trafficking, and violence; a food and farming program that trains Indigenous women and farmers; and a full-service medical clinic.
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Allie Torgan, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
Grown fibers are also subject to pricing volatility, which has an impact not only on sourcing and buying, but also on what farmers choose to plant in their rotations.
—Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
This impacts Wisconsin's largest source of drinking water and is an economic loss to farmers, according to the DNR.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Vang said that her parents, who were farmers and sold their goods at the Sunday farmers market in Sacramento, didn’t have a lot of money and couldn’t always afford Christmas gifts.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2025
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Allie Torgan, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
Grown fibers are also subject to pricing volatility, which has an impact not only on sourcing and buying, but also on what farmers choose to plant in their rotations.
—Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
This impacts Wisconsin's largest source of drinking water and is an economic loss to farmers, according to the DNR.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Vang said that her parents, who were farmers and sold their goods at the Sunday farmers market in Sacramento, didn’t have a lot of money and couldn’t always afford Christmas gifts.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for farmer
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Colorado regulators fined more than 40 cannabis cultivators and manufacturers over the last five years for failing to comply with testing requirements.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
23 Sep. 2025
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Those businesses have been waiting for cultivators, manufacturers and testing facilities to establish a supply of products to sell to customers.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
17 Sep. 2025
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Experimental buys, scouting missions and a handful of harvester prototypes.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Sep. 2025
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As the researchers discovered, Iberian harvester queens’ eggs develop differently depending on whether the queen needs mates to produce future Iberian harvester ant queens, or a hybrid workforce that makes up 99% of the colony.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Farmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farmer. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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