fallower
fallower noun: a person or machine that fallows, a reaper or plowman.
Noun
fallower (plural fallowers)
- A person or machine that fallows, a reaper or plowman.
- I defy any summer fallower to extirpate the cockle, clovers, wild mustard, and corn sallad, likewise horse-gould, &c.1786, William Belcher, Esq., “On Fallowing”, in Annals of Agriculture and Other Useful Arts, Volume 6
- I reply, there is not a single particle lost, but the earth is constantly enriched by supplies of generative matter from the return of its own exhalations, which restore those vegetative principles and virtues that had emanated from it. This is as well known to the fallower as to the philosopher.1824, The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 85
Forms of fallower
| plural | fallowers |
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Origin of fallower
From fallow + -er.
Questions about fallower
- What does fallower mean?
- Fallower means a person or machine that fallows, a reaper or plowman.
- What part of speech is fallower?
- Fallower is a noun.
- What is the plural of fallower?
- The plural of fallower is fallowers.
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