[f. AGRONOM-Y + -IST. Cf. econom-ist.] One engaged in the study of agronomy; a rural economist.
1818. W. Taylor, in Month. Rev., LXXXVII. 480. No Romman agronomist … ever mentions a harvest so husbanded.
1824. S. L. Mitchill, in Evening Post, 10 June, 2/3. Attempts were authorized by that zealous and patriotic agronomist Robert R. Livingston, to introduce it into this country.
1868. Daily News, 4 Sept., 7/1. Certain agronomists are of opinion that there is a great advantage in reaping corn before its complete maturity.
