seedsman

English

Alternative forms

• seedman

Etymology

From seed +‎ -s- +‎ -man.

Noun

seedsman (plural seedsmen)

1. One who sows seeds.
   • c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:

     […] the seedsman
     Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain.

2. A dealer in seed.
   • 1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations:

     Mr. Pumblechook's premises in the High-street of the market town, were of a peppercorny and farinaceous character, as the premises of a corn-chandler and seedsman should be.

Synonyms

• corn-factor
• grain agent (North America)

Translations

One who sows seeds

• Swahili: mpanzi

Dealer in seed

Anagrams

• enmassed