tiller

Meaning

Noun

1. A person who tills; a farmer.
2. A machine that mechanically tills the soil.

Verb

To produce new shoots from the root or from around the bottom of the original stalk; stool.

Synonyms

farmer

🧑‍🌾

cultivator

rudder

helm

husbandman

agriculturist

stool

ploughman

steering wheel

sucker

rudderstock

farm tractor

steering-gear

TLR

tiller-seeder

Luyana

rudder lever

digger

grow

grower

nautical

planter

prune

sapling

Translations

labrador

🧑‍🌾

agriculteur

🧑‍🌾

landbouwer

🧑‍🌾

barre

agricoltore

🧑‍🌾

gouvernail

laboureur

cultivateur

agricultor

boer

🅰️

contadino

agricola

🧑‍🌾

timon

Landmann

καλλιεργητής

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɪlə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tilier

Inherited from Middle English: telȝre

Inherited from Old English: telgor

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Tälge

Cognate with Dutch: telg

Cognate with German: Zelge

Cognate with Swedish: telning

Cognate with Icelandic: tág

Inherited from Middle English: teler

In summary

From Middle English tilier; equivalent to till + -er.