coltivatore

farmer, grower

noun kol-tee-vah-TOH-reh Rare

Origin: Latin cultivator, from cultivare (to cultivate)

Usage Note

Coltivatore refers to a person who cultivates the land. The phrase coltivatore diretto is a specific legal-economic category in Italian law denoting a smallholder farmer who personally works the land. The feminine form is coltivatrice. Do not confuse with agricoltore, which is a broader term for any agricultural worker or farmer.

Examples

"Il coltivatore raccoglie le olive ogni autunno."

Natural Translation

The farmer harvests the olives every autumn.

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