agricoltore
farmer
noun ah-gree-kohl-TOH-reh Less Common
Origin: from Latin 'agricola', field-tiller
Usage Note
Agricoltore is the formal term for a farmer, especially a landowning one; the feminine is agricoltrice. A farmhand who works the land is rather a contadino. The related field of study is agricoltura.
Examples
"L'agricoltore coltiva il grano."
Natural Translation
The farmer grows wheat.
Literal Translation
The-farmer cultivates the wheat.
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