gardener

[ gahrd-ner ]

/ ˈgɑrd nər /

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noun

a person who is employed to cultivate or care for a garden, lawn, etc.

any person who gardens or is skillful in gardening.

Nearby words

garden webworm, garden, mary, garden-path, garden-variety, gardena, gardener, gardenia, gardening, gardening leave, garderobe, gardiner

Origin of gardener

1250–1300; Middle English < Old North French gardinier (Old French jardinier). See garden, -er²

Related formsun·der·gar·den·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for gardener

As Ward points out, there is some reason to think Lewis would actually have been thrilled—the word of his gardener Paxford.
Three Great Men Died That Day: JFK, C.S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley|John Garth|November 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
All were killed in the ensuing gun battle, along with a gardener and eight security staffers.
India’s Twisted Conscience on Terrorism|Dilip D’Souza|February 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He is older, a gardener by trade, and intends to cross into Texas.
Gael García Bernal on the Human Drama Behind Anonymous Migrant Dead|Gael Garcia Bernal|January 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A Better Life is about an undocumented Mexican gardener in Los Angeles and his 14-year-old son.
Why I Went From ‘Twilight’ to ‘A Better Life’|Chris Weitz|June 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST

He had spent several years as a gravedigger and gardener at a cemetery in Germany before returning to Puglia.
Knox's Grisly Successor|Barbie Latza Nadeau|November 1, 2010|DAILY BEAST
There is, too, the famous case of Mrs de Frville and the gardener Bard.
Occultism and Common-Sense|Beckles Willson
It belonged to Père Larcher, the gardener, the only man who was free to come in and out of the house.
The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904|Various
It occurred to him that the gardener must have been the man with the dog, whom he had met as he turned into the street.
The Enemies of Women|Vicente Blasco Ibez
The gardener utters the phrase "the soul of the plants," and cultivates them very well without knowing what he means by this term.
Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary|Voltaire
The rain-gauge should be in the hands of every gardener and farmer.
A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments|Henry Negretti

British Dictionary definitions for gardener

gardener

/ (ˈɡɑːdnə) /

noun

a person who works in or takes care of a garden as an occupation or pastime

any bowerbird of the genus Amblyornis

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Word Origin and History for gardener

gardener

c.1300 (early 12c. as a surname), from Old North French *gardinier (12c., Modern French jardinier), from gardin (see garden). Cf. German Gärtner. An Old English word for it was wyrtweard, literally "plant-guard."

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