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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Recent Examples of cultivator
Get a heavy duty trowel from Amazon, or get a garden tool set with a trowel, cultivator and transplanter.
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For the ultimate immersive experience, volunteer as a vigneron (winemaker or cultivator) and stay overnight at unique vineyard accommodations.
—AFAR Media, 18 July 2025
In the name of liberating cultivators, states ended up exploiting them.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
However, cultivators can't get rid of weeds close to plants without damaging the vegetables.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 June 2025
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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
In the name of liberating cultivators, states ended up exploiting them.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
However, cultivators can't get rid of weeds close to plants without damaging the vegetables.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for cultivator
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cultivator
farmer
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Once a livestock farmer, Ackerman pivoted the family land to pumpkins back in the ‘80s, after commodity prices crashed and a couple of droughts wreaked havoc on the industry.—
Katherine Laidlaw,
HubSpot,
5 Sep. 2025
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Some of the food served will come from the papal estate’s farms while the rest will be brought in from local farmers who follow similar principles of sustainability and care for the environment, the priest said.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Cultivator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cultivator. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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