A person or company that produces and cultivates crops, plants, or other living things; someone whose business is growing things.
From 'grow' (Old English 'growan') plus the agent suffix '-er' (one who does something). The word has been used since at least the 16th century for farmers and cultivators.
Modern 'growers' are now considered specialists—a tomato grower, a coffee grower, or an orchid grower each has unique expertise, and agricultural science shows they're managing incredibly complex biological systems!
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