seedsman

[ seedz-muh n ]

/ ˈsidz mən /

a sower of seed.

a dealer in seed.

Also seed·man [seed-muh n] /ˈsid mən/.

Origin of seedsman

1585–95; seed + 's 1 + man¹

M. Grgoire, the well-known Belgian seedsman, obtained this variety at Jodoigne in 1850 from seed of Pastorale sown in 1835.

The Pears of New York |U. P. Hedrick
This variety was raised from seed by M. Pariset, a seedsman of Ain, Fr., about 1852.

The Pears of New York |U. P. Hedrick
Sutton, the English seedsman, describes it in his latest catalogue as an "excellent mid-season cauliflower."

The Cauliflower |A. A. Crozier
It was the same with the artificial manure merchant and with the seedsman.

Hodge and His Masters |Richard Jefferies

It may be that your father buys his seed corn from a seedsman.

The Library of Work and Play: Outdoor Work |Mary Rogers Miller