as in farmers
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
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Recent Examples of tillers
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.
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Ken Makin, Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2025
Ken Makin, Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tillers
Noun
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For commercial farmers Jami and Chuck English, stationing an honor box at their pick-your-own pumpkin patch each fall was a logistics decision.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
10 Apr. 2026
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Such assurances are unlikely to quell the community’s decades-long experience with polluted runoff, however, and small farmers say that runoff could also present a food safety problem and threaten to set back years of organic farming practices.—
Thomas Heaton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In nature, this process typically occurs via fire, whereas cultivators often use acid or physical scarring.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
25 Mar. 2026
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However, cultivators can't get rid of weeds close to plants without damaging the vegetables.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Tillers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tillers. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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