cultivatorn.

Brit.

/ˈkʌltᵻveɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈkəltəˌveɪdər/

Forms:

α. 1600s– cultivator.

β. 1600s– cultivater (now rare).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: cultivate v., -or suffix.

Etymology: < cultivate v. + -or suffix, partly after French cultivateur person who tills the ground (end of the 15th cent. in Middle French; rare before the 17th cent.), small plough used to loosen soil or weed between rows of plants (1753 or earlier). Compare Catalan cultivador (14th cent.), Spanish cultivador (2nd half of the 16th cent. or earlier), Portuguese cultivador (1618), Italian coltivatore (1282).With β. forms compare -er suffix¹.

a. A person who tills the ground, or cultivates a particular plant or crop. Also more generally: any type of farmer or agriculturist.shifting, tenant-cultivator: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [noun] > tiller of soil

delverc888

tillman940

tiliec1000

acremanOE

earth-tilieOE

land-tiliec1275

tillerc1300

earth-tillera1325

diggerc1400

land-herd1490

earth-tilther1495

tilther1495

land-tiller?a1500

manurerc1500

tillsman1561

tilth-man1638

cultivator1661

1661 R. Boyle Two Ess. Unsuccessfulness Exper. i, in Certain Physiol. Ess. 39 It has been lately much complained of by some of the Cultivators of Clover-grass, that of a great quantity of the Seed not any Grasse sprung up.

1683 J. Morrison tr. J. J. Struys Perillous Voy. ix. 109 The Inhabitants are Greeks, Iews and Turks, who are sedulous Planters and Cultivaters of the Vine.

1770 A. Young Six Months Tour N. Eng. I. 112 This ingenious cultivator laid down a great many acres with Dutch clover.

1792 A. Young Trav. France 490 An English cultivator, at the head of a sheep farm of three or four thousand acres.

1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul ii. xi. 298 There are five classes of cultivators in Afghaunistaun.

1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 234/2 Cultivators dare not leave their lands fallow, even for a single year.

1918 Geogr. Rev. 6 63 The German excels as a rearer of animals, and this compensates to some degree for his inferiority as a cultivator of the soil.

1976 I. M. Lewis Social Anthropol. in Perspective ix. 294 The growing cleavage between the ordinary peasant cultivators and the aristocracy.

2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 22 July a17/5 The council heard testimony from marijuana farmers ranging from small-scale cultivators..to those intending to create marijuana farms larger than football fields.

b. An agricultural implement for breaking up or loosening the ground, and for uprooting weeds between rows of crops, typically drawn by a horse or tractor.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > cultivator

cultivator1759

gyrotiller1938

1759 J. Mills tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Pract. Treat. Husbandry ii. i. 130 My alleys were plowed again with the cultivator [Fr. cultivateur].

1766 Compl. Farmer Cultivator, a name given by foreign husbandmen to instruments invented for stirring the earth, on the principles of the new husbandry. These instruments are generally called in England horse-hoes.

1790 S. Deane New-Eng. Farmer 128/1 A plough called a cultivator has been constructed, with two mould-boards, which turns the mould both ways at once.

1824 Amer. Farmer 12 Mar. 408/3 Shovel ploughs—sub-soil ploughs—hill side ploughs—Cultivators of several kinds.

1849 Mechanics' Mag. 50 176 Dr. Newington's hand row hoe and cultivator.

1857 R. Tomes Americans in Japan i. 23 An American ‘cultivator’..which simple plough..drawn by a single horse, accomplished as much as the labour of fifty men, according to the usual method of cultivating the vine with a hoe.

1938 Amer. Home Jan. 64/4 (advt.) Kinkade Garden Tractor and Power Lawnmower. A practical power plow and cultivator for gardeners, fruit growers, truckers, florists, [etc.].

1980 W. Berry Econ. of Subsistence in Gift of Good Land (1981) 153 A push plow is faster than a hoe; a rototiller is faster than a push plow; a horse-drawn single-row cultivator is faster (and a better weeder) than a rototiller.

2003 Daily Disp. (East London, S. Afr.) 18 July 12/3 With his package, he bought a 375 Massey Ferguson tractor.., disc plough, cultivator, a 300 litre boom sprayer and a four-ton drop-side trailer.

a. A person who or society which fosters the development of a branch of knowledge, activity, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > promotion or help forward > [noun] > one who or that which

fostrild?c1225

nurser1363

speed1377

promoter1384

furtherer1390

speederc1400

upraiserc1440

promotor1517

nurse1526

advancer1540

promover1545

fosterera1586

increasera1625

fartherer1633

uplifter1650

cultivator1663

upbuilder1865

1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. i. i. 3 Naturall Philosophy..hath found numbers of Zealous and Learned Cultivators.

1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. v. i. 239 A Cultivater or Supporter of Arts or Letters.

1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 181 A restorer and cultivator of religion after the Egyptian manner.

1846 T. Wright Ess. Middle Ages I. v. 176 The great cultivators of science and letters.

1857 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 387/1 The order of St Benedict stands foremost amongst the cultivators of learning and of the arts.

1922 Sci. Monthly May 453 Exact language having been developed by the mathematicians has been employed freely by the cultivators of every exact science.

1985 World Lit. Today 59 78/1 Internationally known as a cultivator of the theatre of the absurd, he is also a poet, translator, and essayist.

2005 B. Woodworth & C. Richards St. Petersburg i. 5 The Hermitage Museum..and the Mariinsky Ballet..have maintained Russia's reputation as a fruitful cultivator of the arts.

b. A person who or thing which refines or improves a person, the mind, etc. Now chiefly with reference to self-improvement.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > humanistic studies > [noun] > cultivation of the mind > one who or that which improves

cultivator1663

1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus iv. 76 This ought to have been his thoughts, and according to this his Master, the Cultivator of him, hoped he would prove.

1752 Family Libr. II. 722 The Divine Son of the great Cultivator of Men, does not only give us Cause to think, that Afflictions do not suppose God's Hate, but to hope that they may not always suppose Man's Guilt.

1799 Edinb. Mag. Oct. 300/1 He grew with astonishing progress under the hand of his cultivator.

1840 Jrnl. Amer. Temperance Union Dec. 178/1 A husband and father, who was but a living pestilence, has become sober; once more the fireside companion of his wife and children, the cultivator of his own mind and heart.

1868 J. S. Mill in Evening Star (Philadelphia) 10 July To give people an interest..in the management of their own affairs was the grand cultivator of mankind.

1905 Among Ourselves Sept. 656 Reading, the best cultivator of the mind.

1919 L. Lewisohn tr. W. Dilthey in Mod. Bk. Crit. ii. 51 The public official, the statesman, the scientist, the cultivator of his own self.

2007 L. Marinoff Middle Way xvi. 588 You are the captain of your soul, you are the cultivator of your mind, and you are the keeper of your virtue.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cultivator
释义	cultivatorn. Brit. /ˈkʌltᵻveɪtə/, U.S. /ˈkəltəˌveɪdər/ Forms: α. 1600s– cultivator. β. 1600s– cultivater (now rare). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: cultivate v., -or suffix. Etymology: < cultivate v. + -or suffix, partly after French cultivateur person who tills the ground (end of the 15th cent. in Middle French; rare before the 17th cent.), small plough used to loosen soil or weed between rows of plants (1753 or earlier). Compare Catalan cultivador (14th cent.), Spanish cultivador (2nd half of the 16th cent. or earlier), Portuguese cultivador (1618), Italian coltivatore (1282).With β. forms compare -er suffix¹. 1. a. A person who tills the ground, or cultivates a particular plant or crop. Also more generally: any type of farmer or agriculturist.shifting, tenant-cultivator: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [noun] > tiller of soil delverc888 tillman940 tiliec1000 acremanOE earth-tilieOE land-tiliec1275 tillerc1300 earth-tillera1325 diggerc1400 land-herd1490 earth-tilther1495 tilther1495 land-tiller?a1500 manurerc1500 tillsman1561 tilth-man1638 cultivator1661 1661 R. Boyle Two Ess. Unsuccessfulness Exper. i, in Certain Physiol. Ess. 39 It has been lately much complained of by some of the Cultivators of Clover-grass, that of a great quantity of the Seed not any Grasse sprung up. 1683 J. Morrison tr. J. J. Struys Perillous Voy. ix. 109 The Inhabitants are Greeks, Iews and Turks, who are sedulous Planters and Cultivaters of the Vine. 1770 A. Young Six Months Tour N. Eng. I. 112 This ingenious cultivator laid down a great many acres with Dutch clover. 1792 A. Young Trav. France 490 An English cultivator, at the head of a sheep farm of three or four thousand acres. 1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul ii. xi. 298 There are five classes of cultivators in Afghaunistaun. 1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 234/2 Cultivators dare not leave their lands fallow, even for a single year. 1918 Geogr. Rev. 6 63 The German excels as a rearer of animals, and this compensates to some degree for his inferiority as a cultivator of the soil. 1976 I. M. Lewis Social Anthropol. in Perspective ix. 294 The growing cleavage between the ordinary peasant cultivators and the aristocracy. 2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 22 July a17/5 The council heard testimony from marijuana farmers ranging from small-scale cultivators..to those intending to create marijuana farms larger than football fields. b. An agricultural implement for breaking up or loosening the ground, and for uprooting weeds between rows of crops, typically drawn by a horse or tractor. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > cultivator cultivator1759 gyrotiller1938 1759 J. Mills tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Pract. Treat. Husbandry ii. i. 130 My alleys were plowed again with the cultivator [Fr. cultivateur]. 1766 Compl. Farmer Cultivator, a name given by foreign husbandmen to instruments invented for stirring the earth, on the principles of the new husbandry. These instruments are generally called in England horse-hoes. 1790 S. Deane New-Eng. Farmer 128/1 A plough called a cultivator has been constructed, with two mould-boards, which turns the mould both ways at once. 1824 Amer. Farmer 12 Mar. 408/3 Shovel ploughs—sub-soil ploughs—hill side ploughs—Cultivators of several kinds. 1849 Mechanics' Mag. 50 176 Dr. Newington's hand row hoe and cultivator. 1857 R. Tomes Americans in Japan i. 23 An American ‘cultivator’..which simple plough..drawn by a single horse, accomplished as much as the labour of fifty men, according to the usual method of cultivating the vine with a hoe. 1938 Amer. Home Jan. 64/4 (advt.) Kinkade Garden Tractor and Power Lawnmower. A practical power plow and cultivator for gardeners, fruit growers, truckers, florists, [etc.]. 1980 W. Berry Econ. of Subsistence in Gift of Good Land (1981) 153 A push plow is faster than a hoe; a rototiller is faster than a push plow; a horse-drawn single-row cultivator is faster (and a better weeder) than a rototiller. 2003 Daily Disp. (East London, S. Afr.) 18 July 12/3 With his package, he bought a 375 Massey Ferguson tractor.., disc plough, cultivator, a 300 litre boom sprayer and a four-ton drop-side trailer. 2. a. A person who or society which fosters the development of a branch of knowledge, activity, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > promotion or help forward > [noun] > one who or that which fostrild?c1225 nurser1363 speed1377 promoter1384 furtherer1390 speederc1400 upraiserc1440 promotor1517 nurse1526 advancer1540 promover1545 fosterera1586 increasera1625 fartherer1633 uplifter1650 cultivator1663 upbuilder1865 1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. i. i. 3 Naturall Philosophy..hath found numbers of Zealous and Learned Cultivators. 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. v. i. 239 A Cultivater or Supporter of Arts or Letters. 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 181 A restorer and cultivator of religion after the Egyptian manner. 1846 T. Wright Ess. Middle Ages I. v. 176 The great cultivators of science and letters. 1857 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 387/1 The order of St Benedict stands foremost amongst the cultivators of learning and of the arts. 1922 Sci. Monthly May 453 Exact language having been developed by the mathematicians has been employed freely by the cultivators of every exact science. 1985 World Lit. Today 59 78/1 Internationally known as a cultivator of the theatre of the absurd, he is also a poet, translator, and essayist. 2005 B. Woodworth & C. Richards St. Petersburg i. 5 The Hermitage Museum..and the Mariinsky Ballet..have maintained Russia's reputation as a fruitful cultivator of the arts. b. A person who or thing which refines or improves a person, the mind, etc. Now chiefly with reference to self-improvement. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > humanistic studies > [noun] > cultivation of the mind > one who or that which improves cultivator1663 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus iv. 76 This ought to have been his thoughts, and according to this his Master, the Cultivator of him, hoped he would prove. 1752 Family Libr. II. 722 The Divine Son of the great Cultivator of Men, does not only give us Cause to think, that Afflictions do not suppose God's Hate, but to hope that they may not always suppose Man's Guilt. 1799 Edinb. Mag. Oct. 300/1 He grew with astonishing progress under the hand of his cultivator. 1840 Jrnl. Amer. Temperance Union Dec. 178/1 A husband and father, who was but a living pestilence, has become sober; once more the fireside companion of his wife and children, the cultivator of his own mind and heart. 1868 J. S. Mill in Evening Star (Philadelphia) 10 July To give people an interest..in the management of their own affairs was the grand cultivator of mankind. 1905 Among Ourselves Sept. 656 Reading, the best cultivator of the mind. 1919 L. Lewisohn tr. W. Dilthey in Mod. Bk. Crit. ii. 51 The public official, the statesman, the scientist, the cultivator of his own self. 2007 L. Marinoff Middle Way xvi. 588 You are the captain of your soul, you are the cultivator of your mind, and you are the keeper of your virtue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1661
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