as in farmer
a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it
encountered an indigenous people who were experienced cultivators of the soil as well as highly skilled craftsmen
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Roytoa 5-Piece Garden Tool Set This five-piece gardening set includes a weeder, shovel, trowel, hoe, cultivator, and organizer bag that comes out to just $8 apiece.
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Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Aug. 2025
Get a heavy duty trowel from Amazon, or get a garden tool set with a trowel, cultivator and transplanter.
—Christopher Murray
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2025
For the ultimate immersive experience, volunteer as a vigneron (winemaker or cultivator) and stay overnight at unique vineyard accommodations.
—AFAR Media, 18 July 2025
Expert cultivators offered guidance Expert cultivators – many of whom had experience working for licensed cultivators in Ohio – were also on hand at the farmers market to teach growing fundamentals and help consumers avoid mistakes that could foil a successful grow.
—Randy Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Aug. 2025
Get a heavy duty trowel from Amazon, or get a garden tool set with a trowel, cultivator and transplanter.
—Christopher Murray
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2025
For the ultimate immersive experience, volunteer as a vigneron (winemaker or cultivator) and stay overnight at unique vineyard accommodations.
—AFAR Media, 18 July 2025
Expert cultivators offered guidance Expert cultivators – many of whom had experience working for licensed cultivators in Ohio – were also on hand at the farmers market to teach growing fundamentals and help consumers avoid mistakes that could foil a successful grow.
—Randy Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cultivator
farmer
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A couple-hundred miles east and 180 years earlier, in 1795, an Ontario farmer named John McIntosh came upon a couple dozen apple trees while clearing brush on his property.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
12 Sep. 2025
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This spring, a second-generation strawberry farmer in California stood in his fields with two generations of farmers by his side.—
Ivanka Trump,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Cultivator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cultivator. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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