harvesters

noun

plural of harvester
as in farmers

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  1. farmers
  2. growers
  3. reapers
  4. cultivators
  5. planters
  6. tillers
  7. agronomists
  8. agriculturists
Noun
  • Even when farmers try to adapt, the extreme weather is hitting their crops and water supplies.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • This year, Global Citizen is hosting its annual New York festival as part of a campaign to help more children attend school, support farmers in feeding their communities, and provide electricity for millions of people globally.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of farmers
Noun
  • Welcomes anyone who is interested in supporting the local wineries as well as grape growers and amateur and professional wine makers.
    — Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Officials with the California Farm Bureau said the move will present challenges for the state’s growers.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of growers
Noun
  • At the 1851 Great Exhibition in London, American revolvers and reapers with swappable parts stunned international observers.
    — Guru Madhavan, IEEE Spectrum, 29 June 2026
  • The combine/reaping machine cutting mechanism (1833) American inventor Obed Hussey patented one of the earliest practical mechanical reapers in 1833.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
Definition of reapers
Noun
  • Wheat farmers in Britain, sugar beet growers in central Europe, tobacco planters in Virginia and cotton cultivators across the American South all embraced the new fertilizer.
    — Edward D. Melillo, Fortune, 27 July 2026
  • Its inhabitants remain largely indifferent to the independence movement; village elders reason that freedom will benefit the educated while cultivators will merely exchange one set of masters for another.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
Definition of cultivators
Noun
  • HyeFlora Artificial Faux Hanging Plant One of my favorite things to do outdoors is decorate my front porch with hanging planters, and while there’s nothing like fresh flowers, having multiple planters at once can be a pain to maintain.
    — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The British government borrowed 20 million pounds — equal to about 40% of its national budget — to reimburse planters for the loss of their slaves, considered by the law of the day to be property.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of planters
Noun
  • America has largely been out of tune regarding that refrain, but its greatest defenders of democracy and its tillers for a better world have not.
    — Ken Makin, Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2025
Definition of tillers
Noun
  • Elsewhere in Kigali, a group of young agronomists are training farmers to adopt technologies such as hydroponics to maximize productivity, using water instead of soil.
    — Evelyne Musambi, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Cattle were raised, and various crops (including corn [maize] and cotton) were grown with the assistance of agronomists.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Definition of agronomists
Noun
  • Dressing gardens with compost helps improve soil structure and fertility, supports sustainable gardening practices, keeps ecosystems in balance and can reduce greenhouse gases, agriculturists tell us.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
  • Despite that, effective control over such management priorities has long rested with agriculturalists and hunters, whose interests are not always shared by the vast majority of Coloradans.
    — DP Opinion, Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2026
Definition of agriculturists
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