a person engaged in the culture of plants or animals
2.
one who advocates, or is devoted to, general cultural advancement
culturist in American English
(ˈkʌltʃərɪst)
noun
1.
a cultivator
2.
an advocate or devotee of culture
Word origin
[1820–30; culture + -ist]This word is first recorded in the period 1820–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: acetate, analogue, blouse, insider, takeoff-ist is a suffix of nouns, often corresponding to verbs ending in -ize or nouns ending in -ism, that denote a person who practices or is concerned with something, or holds certainprinciples, doctrines, etc. Other words that use the affix -ist include: Thomist, apologist, machinist, realist, socialist