n. [ L., agricolatio. ] Agriculture. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A cultivator of the soil; an agriculturist. Dodsley. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L., fr. ager field + cultor cultivator. ] An agriculturist; a farmer. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage;
Agricultural ant (Zool.),
n. An agriculturist (which is the preferred form.) [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. agricultura; ager field + cultura cultivation: cf. F. agriculture. See Acre and Culture. ] The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Agriculture. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One engaged or skilled in agriculture; a husbandman. [ 1913 Webster ]
The farmer is always a practitioner, the agriculturist may be a mere theorist. Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]