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seedsman en · NOUN

Etymology

From seed + -s- + -man.

Meanings

1. One who sows seeds.
   • […] the seedsman Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain. c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:
2. A dealer in seed.
   • Mr. Pumblechook's premises in the High-street of the market town, were of a peppercorny and farinaceous character, as the premises of a corn-chandler and seedsman should be. 1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations:

Forms

Synonyms

grain agent · corn-factor

Translations (5)

tr tohumcu (Dealer in seed) · ota تخمجی (One who sows seeds) · sw mpanzi (One who sows seeds) · ota تخمجی (Dealer in seed) · tr tohumcu (One who sows seeds)