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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil;
[syn: agriculturist, agriculturalist, cultivator, grower, raiser]

2. a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture);
[syn: cultivator, tiller]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cultivator \Cul"ti*va`tor\ (k?l"t?-v?`t?r), n. [Cf. F. cultivateur.] [1913 Webster] 1. One who cultivates; as, a cultivator of the soil; a cultivator of literature. --Whewell. [1913 Webster] 2. An agricultural implement used in the tillage of growing crops, to loosen the surface of the earth and kill the weeds; esp., a triangular frame set with small shares, drawn by a horse and by handles. [1913 Webster] Note: In a broader signification it includes any complex implement for pulverizing or stirring the surface of the soil, as harrows, grubbers, horse hoes, etc. [1913 Webster] Cultrate
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cultivator n 1: someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil [syn: agriculturist, agriculturalist, cultivator, grower, raiser] 2: a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture) [syn: cultivator, tiller]