Definition of "orchardist" [or•chard•ist]

• One who owns or cultivates an orchard. (noun)

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• "Billy Hunt for The Wall Street Journal Seventh-generation orchardist Tom Burford, left, explained the different attributes of these historical varieties, some of which were grown by Jefferson at Monticello."
• "Now a documentary filmmaker, she and her husband, an orchardist, divide their time between Venice, California, and the house and orchards she inherited in Ojai."
• "They twisted the arms of every rancher, orchardist, restaurant and hotel owner between here and the Canadian border—everybody who was making a profit on migrant labor—to put this clinic together."