gardener
GARD-nur/ˈɡɑɹd.n̩.ɚ/UKGAHD-nuh/ˈɡɑːd.n̩.ə/
Pluralgardeners
- 1A person who grows plants and takes care of a garden.
Like a cook for plants: they feed and water them and keep them healthy.
The gardener pulled weeds from the flower bed all morning.
She hired a gardener to look after the roses while she traveled.
Similargrower, horticulturist, groundskeeper
Note
- 2A rude old word for a carriage driver who handles the horses badly.
They mocked the new driver as a gardener after he nearly tipped the cart.
Get on, gardener! Get on, you slow and clumsy coachman. The allusion is to a man who is both gardener and coachman.
2014, Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, Dictionary of Phrase and FableHere, gardener means a clumsy coachman who drives the horses badly.Note
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Origin
From Middle English gardener, taken from Old French. It comes from the word for garden.