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culturist

American  
[kuhl-cher-ist] / ˈkʌl tʃər ɪst /

noun

  1. a cultivator.

  2. an advocate or devotee of culture.


Etymology

Origin of culturist

First recorded in 1820–30; culture + -ist

Example Sentences

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“I was still working for Fish and Game at that point,” said Cindy Lassiter, a former fish culturist in southern Southeast and a member of SSRAA’s board.

From Washington Times • Jan. 24, 2016

When minority stockholders bought out his fat string of publications in 1941, one of the conditions was that the carrot-chomping millionaire physical culturist would give them no direct competition for the next five years.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nobel prizewinner, physical culturist, naval historian, biographer, essayist, rancher, conservationist, cavalry officer, Governor and President here.

From Time Magazine Archive

She became the best known physical culturist south of Sweden.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of the scientists who consulted for Reader was Leonard Hayflick, arguably the most famous early cell culturist left in the field today.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot