nurseryman

/ˈnəːs(ə)ɹɪmən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English

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noun

"More and more I am coming to the conviction that in the north the orchard-grower will do better to be his own nurseryman—that is, to grow his own trees from the ground up."
"[H]e said he was a nurseryman and gave his address as "Leawood Nursery, Glen Osmond"."
"Jim is a nurseryman, specialising in clematis, and he has built up a business exporting 150 varieties to countries all over the world."

From nursery + man.

nurserymen (plural)

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How do you pronounce nurseryman?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnəːs(ə)ɹɪmən/.

What does nurseryman mean?

A person who rears and sells plants in a nursery.

Where does nurseryman come from?

From nursery + man.

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