culturist

noun

cul·​tur·​ist

ˈkəlch(ə)rə̇st

plural -s

1

: one engaged in a culture

2

: an advocate of culture or of a particular method of cultivating mind or body

3

: one that breeds or raises animals especially of kinds not usually regarded as domesticated (as fishes or game birds)

Word History

First Known Use

1814, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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