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orchardist noun[ C ] uk /ˈɔː.tʃə.dɪst/ us /ˈɔːr.tʃɚ.dɪst/ a person who owns or runs an orchard(= an area of land where fruit trees are grown): After his retirement, he began a new career as an orchardist, raising apples and pears on a farm in the West Country. The guests were each given a cup of apple juice before the orchardist took them on a tour of the farm. Orchardists in Vermont begin pruning their trees in early February and will continue until they start blooming in April. A prolonged drought has forced the orchardists in the area to cut their growing season short. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Farmers & farm workers crofter dairymaid farmer farmhand gentleman farmer homesteader landholder market gardener non-farmer pastoralist peasant peon picker ploughman poulterer rancher sharecropper smallholder truck farmer yeoman
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