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单词 agriculturists
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agriculture

noun

ag·​ri·​cul·​ture ˈa-gri-ˌkəl-chər How to pronounce agriculture (audio)
: the science, art, or practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock and in varying degrees the preparation and marketing of the resulting products
cleared the land to use it for agriculture
agriculturist
ˌa-gri-ˈkəl-ch(ə-)rist How to pronounce agriculture (audio)
noun
or agriculturalist
ˌa-gri-ˈkəl-ch(ə-)rə-list How to pronounce agriculture (audio)

Synonyms

  • farming
  • husbandry
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Example Sentences

They cleared the land to use it for agriculture. the forest was cut down, and the land given over to agriculture
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin agricultura, from ager field + cultura cultivation — more at acre, culture

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

agriculture

noun

ag·​ri·​cul·​ture ˈa-gri-ˌkəl-chər How to pronounce agriculture (audio)
: the cultivating of the soil, producing of crops, and raising of livestock

agriculturists

noun

variants or agriculturalists
plural of agriculturist
as in farmers
a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it agriculturists who adhere to the organization's standards of organic farming

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • farmers
  • cultivators
  • growers
  • agronomists
  • planters
  • tillers
  • homesteaders
  • farmhands
  • sharecroppers
  • croppers
  • plowmen
  • harvesters
  • gleaners
  • yeomen
  • reapers
  • tenant farmers
  • ranchmen
  • grangers
  • crofters
  • subsistence farmers
  • gentlemen farmers
  • field hands
  • campesinos
  • nesters
  • workfolks
  • ranchers
  • rancheros

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • nonfarmers
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