culturist

culturist noun: one who raises or cultures something; a cultivator.

Noun

culturist (plural culturists)

One who raises or cultures something; a cultivator.
- Steve Dolan is an assistant manager and fish culturist at the Salmon River Hatchery in Altmar, outside Syracuse, where Lake Ontario’s king salmon are raised.2007 October 20, Matt Higgins, “A Bruising Fight in Rough Water”, in New York Times
An advocate of culture.
- The Culturists, again — by which term I mean not those who esteem culture, (as what intelligent man does not?) but those, its exclusive advocates, who recommend it as the one panacea for all the ills of humanity, — the Culturists are never done insisting that it is not for its utilitarian results...1871, John Campbell Shairp, Culture and Religion in Some of Their Relations, page 21
One who holds prejudices against a culture.

culturist (comparative more culturist, superlative most culturist)

Holding prejudices against a culture.
- All of these right-wing extremist parties can be described as culturist or new racist, as they all emphasize cultural rather than racial differences between groups.2005, Elisabeth L. Carter, The extreme right in Western Europe: success or failure?, page 39

From culture + -ist.

What does culturist mean?: Culturist means one who raises or cultures something; a cultivator.
What part of speech is culturist?: Culturist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of culturist?: The plural of culturist is culturists.

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