fallowist

English

Etymology

From fallow +‎ -ist.

Noun

fallowist (plural fallowists)

1. (archaic, agriculture) Someone who fallows land, or believes in fallowing land.
   • 1817, John Sinclair, The Code of Agriculture:

     a controversy has arisen between two sects, the fallowists, and anti-fallowists, which has been conducted with much keenness and ability

References

• “fallowist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.