apicultor
apicultor noun: synonym of beekeeper.
Noun
apicultor (plural apicultors)
- Synonym of beekeeper.
- 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...1904, Kingdom of Belgium, Department of Industry and Labour, “Trade-Unions”, in Ém[ile] Rossel, editor, Belgium, Its Institutions, Industries and Commerce. […] (Louisiana Purchase Exposition...
- If [Maurice] Maeterlinck’s “Life of Bees” is a fine work of art, it is not only because the author is a distinguished writer, but because he was himself acquainted with bees, being an apicultor, and did not make his book a mere compilation of other scientific works.1908, Auguste Forel, translated by C[harles] F[rederic] Marshall, “The Moral Effect of Healthy Art”, in The Sexual Question: A Scientific, Psychological, Hygienic and Sociological Study for the...
- Synonyms:
- beekeeper
Synonyms of apicultor
Forms of apicultor
| plural | apicultors |
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Origin of apicultor
From French apiculteur and Spanish apicultor.
Questions about apicultor
- What does apicultor mean?
- Apicultor means synonym of beekeeper.
- What part of speech is apicultor?
- Apicultor is a noun.
- What is the plural of apicultor?
- The plural of apicultor is apicultors.
Words near apicultor in the dictionary
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