nurseryman

English

Etymology

From nursery +‎ man.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnəːs(ə)ɹɪmən/

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Noun

nurseryman (plural nurserymen)

1. A person who rears and sells plants in a nursery.
   • 1890 January 8, T. H. Hoskins, edited by Charles S. Sargent, Garden and Forest: A Journal of Horticulture, Landscape Art and Forestry, volume III, number 2, New York: The Garden and Forest Publishing Co., page 19:

     More and more I am coming to the conviction that in the north the orchard-grower will do better to be his own nurseryman—that is, to grow his own trees from the ground up.

   • 1974 October, Ronald Parsons, “Part I: The Village”, in Hindmarsh Town: A History of The Village, District Council and Corporate Town of Hindmarsh South Australia, page 13:

     [H]e said he was a nurseryman and gave his address as "Leawood Nursery, Glen Osmond".

   • 1980, Robert Dougall, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 379:

     Jim is a nurseryman, specialising in clematis, and he has built up a business exporting 150 varieties to countries all over the world.

Translations

person who rears and sells plants in a nursery

• Catalan: planterista m or f, planteraire m or f
• Dutch: kweker (nl) m
• French: pépiniériste (fr) m or f
• German: Pflanzenzüchter (de) m
• Romanian: pepinierist (ro) m