rosarian

noun

ro·​sar·​i·​an rō-ˈzer-ē-ən How to pronounce rosarian (audio)
: a cultivator of roses

Examples of rosarian in a Sentence

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Former rosarian gets back into gardening after a decade with a new medium — succulents — creating a low-water yard that’s bursting with color and texture Keith Umbreit is no stranger to gardening. Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2023 To this aim, Forestier called on the leading rosarian of the day, Jules Gravereaux, a former executive at the Bon Marché department store who had designed Europe’s first modern roseraie, or rose garden, at his country house in a village south of Paris known today as L’Haÿ-les-Roses. Mary Winston Nicklin, Washington Post, 17 June 2022 Admission is free, RSVP to sales.la@33sixty.com South Coast Rose Society hosts a rose Q&A with answers from a panel of the club’s consulting rosarians (rose experts), 7 p.m. at the South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd. Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2019 The blooms that have inspired excitement among local rosarians have a backstory known only to a few. Jeanette Marantos, latimes.com, 25 June 2019 The Bee’s Debbie Arrington is a consulting rosarian and lifelong gardener; darrington@sacbee.com, 916-321-1075, @debarrington. Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 30 Mar. 2018

Word History

Etymology

rose entry 2 + -arian

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rosarian was in 1862

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“Rosarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rosarian. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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