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seedsman

[ seedz-muhn ]

noun

plural seedsmen.
  1. a sower of seed.
  2. a dealer in seed.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of seedsman1

1585–95; seed + 's 1 + man
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Example Sentences

My reason is to be found in what took place in Mr. Pumblechook’s parlour: where, on our presenting ourselves, my sister sat in conference with that detested seedsman.

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Simon Groot, a sixth generation seedsman, began his search to create better vegetable seeds to help farmers in Southeast Asia in 1981.

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When I was searching for a cherry tomato that would ripen a whole truss of fruits uniformly, a seedsman told me not to bother.

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We had no shrub-sellers of importance in the eighteenth century; the garden lover turned wholly to the seedsman and bulb-grower for garden supplies, just as we do to-day to fill our old-fashioned gardens.

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The seedsmen's advertisements do not, of course, enumerate all the parties have for sale, but it may be taken for granted that they keep nearly all kinds of grass, grain, and vegetable seeds.

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