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gar·den·er

 (gärd′nər, gär′dn-ər)
n.
One who works in or tends a garden for pleasure or hire.
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gardener

(ˈɡɑːdnə)
n
1. (Horticulture) a person who works in or takes care of a garden as an occupation or pastime
2. (Animals) any bowerbird of the genus Amblyornis
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gar•den•er

(ˈgɑrd nər, ˈgɑr dn ər)

n.
1. a person who is employed to cultivate or care for a garden, lawn, etc.
2. any person who gardens.
[1250–1300; Middle English < Old North French gardinier (Old French jardinier). See garden, -er2]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.gardener - someone who takes care of a gardengardener - someone who takes care of a garden  
horticulturist, plantsman - an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants)
transplanter - a gardener who moves plants to new locations
2.gardener - someone employed to work in a garden
employee - a worker who is hired to perform a job
groundkeeper, groundskeeper, groundsman - someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field)
hedger - a gardener who takes care of and trims hedges
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Translations
بُسْتَانِيّجَنائِني، بُسْتاني
zahradník
gartner
puutarhuri
vrtlar
kertész
garîyrkjumaîur
庭師
정원사
záhradník
vrtnar
trädgårdsanläggare
คนทำสวน
người làm vườn

gardener

[ˈgɑːdnəʳ] N (gen) → jardinero/a m/f
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gardener

[ˈgɑːrdər] njardinier/ière m/f
He's a gardener → Il est jardinier.garden flat nappartement en rez-de-jardin mgarden gnome nnain m de jardingarden hose ntuyau m d'arrosage
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gardener

nGärtner(in) m(f)
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gardener

[ˈgɑːdnəʳ] ngiardiniere/a
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garden

(ˈgaːdn) noun
a piece of ground on which flowers, vegetables etc are grown. a small garden at the front of the house; (also adjective) a garden slug.
verb
to work in a garden, usually as a hobby. The old lady does not garden much.
ˈgardener noun
a person who works in, and looks after, a garden.
ˈgardening noun
the work of looking after a garden. Gardening is his favourite hobby; (also adjective) gardening clothes/tools.
ˈgardens noun singular or plural
a park, especially one where animals are kept or special trees or flowers are grown. zoological/botanical gardens.
garden party
a large (usually formal) party, held in the garden of a house etc.
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gardener

بُسْتَانِيّ zahradník gartner Gärtner κηπουρός jardinero puutarhuri jardinier vrtlar giardiniere 庭師 정원사 tuinier gartner ogrodnik jardineiro садовник trädgårdsanläggare คนทำสวน bahçıvan người làm vườn 园丁
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Gardener was admittedly the best-dressed woman in Black Hawk, drove the best horse, and had a smart trap and a little white-and-gold sleigh.
How a Gardener may get rid of the Dormice that eat His Peaches.
They would go up this path and down that one and cross the other and go round among the fountain flower-beds as if they were looking at the "bedding-out plants" the head gardener, Mr.
The king became very angry at this, and ordered the gardener to keep watch all night under the tree.
A Gardener he seemed to be yet surely a mad one, by the way he brandished his rake--madder, by the way he broke, ever and anon, into a frantic jig--maddest of all, by the shriek in which he brought out the last words of the stanza!
Sir Percival has kindly placed at my disposition the gardener, and the chaise, whenever I want them.
A MAN had two daughters, the one married to a gardener, and the other to a tile-maker.
"In that case, you must take her to the gardener's wife.
He told me it was wanted by his gardener, to be used, in solution, for the killing of insects in the greenhouse.
He had managed to coax old Brus, the gardener, into letting him have the key to the little postern gate on the plea that he wished to indulge in a midnight escapade, hinting broadly of a fair lady who was to be the partner of his adventure, and, what was more to the point with Brus, at the same time slipping a couple of golden zecchins into the gardener's palm.
He is followed by a sturdy fellow in a composite dress, which presents him under the double aspect of a groom and a gardener. The guide speaks a few words of rough sympathy.
The gardener, in a fit of inspiration, put them right along the very front of two borders, and I don't know what his feelings can be now that they are all flowering and the plants behind are completely hidden; but I have learned another lesson, and no future gardener shall be allowed to run riot among my rockets in quite so reckless a fashion.