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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Recent Examples of farmer
Shop The Farmers Market Held every Sunday in Siesta Village, the Siesta Key Farmers’ Market brings together the town’s best makers, farmers, and small businesses, along with lots of locals.
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
Importantly for farmers, the amount of precipitation on the days with the most rain has increased by 45% over the past 50 years.
—Julia Rendleman, ProPublica, 5 Sep. 2025
The fourth-generation rice farmer’s political career began in 2002 with an election to the state Assembly.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent years have been hard on farmers, validating the pursuit of additional ways to save or make money from their land.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
Importantly for farmers, the amount of precipitation on the days with the most rain has increased by 45% over the past 50 years.
—Julia Rendleman, ProPublica, 5 Sep. 2025
The fourth-generation rice farmer’s political career began in 2002 with an election to the state Assembly.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent years have been hard on farmers, validating the pursuit of additional ways to save or make money from their land.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for farmer
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Leaders who grasp this framework will see themselves not just as managers of tasks but as architects of signals, stewards of patterns, cultivators of pathways, and guardians of heuristics.—
Scott Hutcheson,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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At the core of Oud Zarian is an 80-year-old oud from Bangladesh, sourced through a partnership with another storied house, Jalali Agarwood, one of the world’s most respected oud cultivators.—
Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
2 Sep. 2025
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Interlune wants its harvester to dig up a hundred tons of regolith an hour.—
Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Wild rice harvesting is open to all Wisconsin residents with a wild rice harvester license.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Farmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farmer. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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