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Synonyms of tiller
a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it
- in his paintings farmers are invariably depicted as brawny yet noble tillers of the land
Synonyms for tiller
Words Related to tiller
- crofter
- [chiefly British],
- cropper,
- gentleman farmer,
- sharecropper,
- subsistence farmer,
- tenant farmer,
- yeoman
- homesteader,
- nester
- [West]
Antonyms for tiller
- nonfarmer
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“Tiller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiller. Accessed 21 Jan. 2022.
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The first known use of tiller was before the 12th century
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