Pronunciations (4)
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/ˈsɪm.pəl.ə/
Pronunciation notes
- Australia
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈsɪm.plə/
Pronunciation notes
- Australia
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈsɪm.pəl.ɚ/
Pronunciation notes
- Canada
- General-American
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/ˈsɪm.plɚ/
Pronunciation notes
- Canada
- General-American
Noun
One who grows or gathers simples (medicinal herbs).
Usage- Archaic
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More examples (2)
One of the great pleasures in botany is, to produce a rather uncommon plant to those who know it to be curious; but the English botanist will not have much satisfaction in shewing it to a simpler, who is not acquainted with it under the name given by Gerard or Ray.
… may with no great impropriety be termed going a simpling; but with this special difference, that your field simpler never picks up a nettle for a marsh-mallow; a mistake which your tour simpler is very liable to.