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nurseryman

American  
[nur-suh-ree-muhn] / ˈnɜr sə ri mən /

noun

nurserymen plural
  1. a person who owns or conducts a plant nursery.


nurseryman British  
/ ˈnɜːsrɪmən /

noun

  1. a person who owns or works in a nursery in which plants are grown

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Gender

See -man.

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Inflected Forms

noun

Etymology

Origin of nurseryman

First recorded in 1665–75; nursery + man

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Jan. 28 Native Plant Maintenance Basics, a walk and talk with Theodore Payne Foundation nurseryman Erik Blank at 10459 Tuxford St. in Sun Valley, from 9 to 10 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2022

In that same year, Markus Kobelt — a nurseryman in Buchs, Switzerland — developed his acclaimed Redlove apples after cross-pollinating red-fleshed varieties with Royal Gala and Braeburn apples.

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2021

Vancouver, B.C., nurseryman Thomas Hobbs is the anomaly: an obsessed gardener from a nongardening family.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2016

The Michigan-based nurseryman preaches the urgency of restoring the Earth's decimated forests.

From US News • Jul. 20, 2016

If the stocks have been well disbudded by the nurseryman, few suckers will develop.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.

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