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fallowist

fallowist noun: someone who fallows land, or believes in fallowing land.

Noun

fallowist (plural fallowists)

  1. (archaic) Someone who fallows land, or believes in fallowing land.
    • a controversy has arisen between two sects, the fallowists, and anti-fallowists, which has been conducted with much keenness and ability1817, John Sinclair, The Code of Agriculture

Forms of fallowist

pluralfallowists

Origin of fallowist

From fallow + -ist.

Questions about fallowist

What does fallowist mean?
Fallowist means someone who fallows land, or believes in fallowing land.
What part of speech is fallowist?
Fallowist is a noun.
What is the plural of fallowist?
The plural of fallowist is fallowists.

Words near fallowist in the dictionary

  1. Fallowfield
  2. fallowfinch
  3. fallowfinches
  4. fallowing
  5. fallowings
  6. fallowist
  7. fallowists
  8. fallowness
  9. fallows
  10. Fallowses
  11. fallrate

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