tiller
1 of 4noun (1)
till·er ˈti-lər 
: one that tills : cultivator
tiller
2 of 4noun (2)
til·ler ˈti-lər
: a lever used to turn the rudder of a boat from side to side
broadly : a device or system that plays a part in steering something
tiller
3 of 4noun (3)
til·ler ˈti-lər
: stalk, sprout
especially : one from the base of a plant or from the axils of its lower leaves
tiller
4 of 4verb
til·ler ˈti-lər
tillered; tillering ˈti-lə-riŋ
ˈtil-riŋ
intransitive verb
of a plant
: to put forth tillers
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- agriculturist
- agriculturalist
- agronomist
- cultivator
- farmer
- grower
- planter
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (2)
Middle English teler, tiller stock of a crossbow, tiller, from Anglo-French teiler stock of a crossbow
Noun (3)
Middle English *tiller, from Old English telgor, telgra twig, shoot; akin to Old High German zelga twig, Old Irish dlongaid he splits
First Known Use
Noun (1)
13th century, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
circa 1625, in the meaning defined above
Noun (3)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1677, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
tiller 1 of 2
noun
til·ler ˈti-lər
: a lever used to turn the rudder of a boat from side to side
tiller
2 of 2noun
: someone or something that tills land
tiller
noun
as in farmer
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 & Similar Words
Relevance
- farmer
- cultivator
- planter
- agriculturist
- grower
- agriculturalist
- agronomist
- harvester
- plowman
- reaper
- yeoman
- gleaner
- homesteader
- cropper
- farmhand
- field hand
- crofter
- sharecropper
- gentleman farmer
- tenant farmer
- subsistence farmer
- ranchman
- rancher
- nester
- workfolk
- granger
- campesino
- workfolks
- ranchero
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- nonfarmer