rare. [a. Fr. agronome, ad. Gr. ἀγρονόμος an overseer of lands, f. ἀγρός field, land + -νόμος dispensing, f. νέμ-ειν to dispense. Cf. Fr. astronome.] = AGRONOMIST.
1881. trans. Nordenskiöld’s Voy. Vega, II. xi. 60. According to a communication from the agronome.
