Apicultor
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Synonym of beekeeper. rare
"The number of the unions themselves reached 108 at the end of 1900;—693 on December 31st 1903,— and was distributed as follows: 147 farmers’ unions, 87 of cattle breeders, 25 of avicultors, 12 of apicultors, 1 of horticultors, 1 of dairy owners, 1 of viticultors, and 1 of horticultors-apicultors; besides 6 federations of farmers’ unions, forming an aggregate of 612 associations for the agricultural professions."
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More examples"The number of the unions themselves reached 108 at the end of 1900;—693 on December 31st 1903,— and was distributed as follows: 147 farmers’ unions, 87 of cattle breeders, 25 of avicultors, 12 of apicultors, 1 of horticultors, 1 of dairy owners, 1 of viticultors, and 1 of horticultors-apicultors; besides 6 federations of farmers’ unions, forming an aggregate of 612 associations for the agricultural professions."
Etymology
From French apiculteur and Spanish apicultor.
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