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market gardener

market gardener noun: one who operates a market garden.

Noun

market gardener (plural market gardeners)

  1. One who operates a market garden.
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Forms of market gardener

pluralmarket gardeners

Origin of market gardener

From market garden + -er.

Questions about market gardener

What does market gardener mean?
Market gardener means one who operates a market garden.
What part of speech is market gardener?
Market gardener is a noun.
What is the plural of market gardener?
The plural of market gardener is market gardeners.

Words near market gardener in the dictionary

  1. market forces
  2. market foreclosure
  3. market foreclosures
  4. market fundamentalism
  5. market garden
  6. market gardener
  7. market gardeners
  8. market gardening
  9. market gardens
  10. market hall
  11. Market Harborough

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