Meaning & use
Culturist
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A person engaged in cultivating or breeding a particular organism or product, such as oysters, pearls, or plants; also historically used for someone devoted to physical or intellectual culture.
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The pearl culturist checked the oyster beds every morning for new growth.
Early twentieth-century culturists promoted exercise as essential to a healthy, balanced life.
A note on using this word
Now mostly seen in specialized fields like aquaculture (e.g., "oyster culturist"); the broader "physical culturist" sense is largely historical.
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cultivatorbreeder
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