woolgrower

American

[wool-groh-er] / ˈwʊlˌgroʊ ər /

noun

a person who raises sheep or other animals for the production of wool.

woolgrower British

/ ˈwʊlˌɡrəʊə /

noun

a person who keeps sheep for their wool

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Other Word Forms

woolgrowing noun

Etymology

Origin of woolgrower

First recorded in 1800–10; wool + grower

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As to the precious metals it might turn out that what had been found was only an earnest of what was to follow; but there could be no doubt that Australia was to be the woolgrower of the whole world, and that it would grow cotton to feed all the mills of England.

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