Noun: cultivator 'kúl-ti,vey-tu(r)
- Someone concerned with the science, art or business of cultivating the soil
"The cultivator developed a new method for crop rotation";
- agriculturist, agriculturalist, grower, raiser
- A farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture)
"The farmer used a cultivator to prepare the field for planting";
- tiller
Derived forms: cultivators
Type of: farm machine, farmer, granger [US], sodbuster [N. Amer]
Encyclopedia: Cultivator