Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

cultivator

noun

Forms cultivators

noun Any of several devices used to loosen or stir the soil, either to remove weeds or to provide aeration and drainage. “As the crop gets bigger, the shank spacing on the cultivator will need to be adjusted accordingly.”
noun Someone who uses a cultivator (implement, device, or machine). “The cultivators were out among the row crops, keeping the weeds in check.”
noun Someone who grows plants. “She was a devoted cultivator of roses and orchids.”
noun (figurative) Someone who fosters something besides plants (such as human development or relationships). “She was a wonderful cultivator of potential in her direct reports.”

Synonyms

From cultivate + -or, partly after French cultivateur.

noun One who cultivates; as, a cultivator of the soil; a cultivator of literature. Whewell.
noun An agricultural implement used in the tillage of growing crops, to loosen the surface of the earth and kill the weeds; esp., a triangular frame set with small shares, drawn by a horse and by handles.

Etymology [Cf. F. cultivateur.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “cultivator”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “cultivator” (best matches first).

कृषिक kṛṣika a cultivator of the soil, a husbandman; the ploughshare.
कीनार kīnāra = kīnāśa (?), a cultivator of the soil; (Sāy.) a vile man.
निषेवितृ ni-ṣevitṛ one who attaches or devotes himself to anything, an observer, practiser, cultivator, etc.
क्षेत्रिक kṣetrika having a field, relating to a field etc., agrarian; ( as ), m. the owner of a field, a farmer, a cultivator,…
क्षेत्रिन् kṣetrin owning a field, cultivating land, agricultural; ( ī ), m. an agriculturist, a husbandman, a cultivator; a hu…
हलिन् halin a ploughman, agriculturist, cultivator; name of Bala-rāma; ( inī ), f. a number of ploughs; a kind of plant …
कर्षक karṣaka a cultivator of the soil, one who ploughs or lives by tillage; a husbandman; who or what draws or drags, att…
क्ष kṣa destruction; loss, disappearance; destruction of the world; lightning; a field; the protector or cultivator …