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
On Tuesday, Israeli volunteers with RHR were injured while accompanying Palestinian farmers in the town of Qarawat Bani Hassan.
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Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
Donors purchased the greenhouses for $14 million and donated them to Palestinian farmers, but the initiative led nowhere.
—Jon Medved, semafor.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Without a reversal of climate change or an unlikely series of wet years on the river, the only thing that can save Arizona’s cities from this level of water reduction is to strike a deal with farmers and tribes in the western part of the state.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
This kind of long-term research requires buy-in from farmers and their workers who are often undocumented.
—NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
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Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
Donors purchased the greenhouses for $14 million and donated them to Palestinian farmers, but the initiative led nowhere.
—Jon Medved, semafor.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Without a reversal of climate change or an unlikely series of wet years on the river, the only thing that can save Arizona’s cities from this level of water reduction is to strike a deal with farmers and tribes in the western part of the state.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
This kind of long-term research requires buy-in from farmers and their workers who are often undocumented.
—NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for farmer
cultivator
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Executive Director of the Office of Medical Cannabis Cannon Armstrong said three cultivators are in the process of growing.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
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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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“Farmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farmer. Accessed 24 Nov. 2025.
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