orchardist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of orchardist
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“People come looking for their favorite varieties,” said Polly McAdam, 33, a fourth-generation orchardist who grows apples on land her family’s owned since 1779.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
The story quoted the late Tom Burford, an apple historian and himself a Virginia orchardist.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2022
Organic orchardist Tremaine Arkley built a market for his quince through Portland, Ore., restaurants, a good move from a consumer education perspective.
From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2021
“She had a social conscience and she did try to give back,” said Boehme, whose great-uncle worked for Winchester as an orchardist.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2017
Straggling unkempt trees, growing for the most part their own wild way, naturally do not produce like the well-disciplined trees of the modern orchardist.
From England by Fox, Frank, Sir
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
