Pumpkinist Lora

Pumpkinist?  Is that even a word and what does it mean?  It's a made up word to describe what I do.  "Ist" means:

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1. (forming nouns)  a person who performs a certain action or is concerned with something specified  motorist ; soloist

2. (forming nouns)  a person who practises in a specific field  physicist ; typist

3. (forming nouns and adjectives)  a person who advocates a particular doctrine, system, etc, or relating to such a person or the doctrine advocated  socialist

4. (forming nouns and adjectives)  a person characterized by a specified trait, tendency, etc, or relating to such a person or trait  purist    Source

   
   

I could call myself a gardener or a farmer, but I have issues with those words.  A gardener is:

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1. a person who is employed to cultivate or care for a garden, lawn, etc.

2. any person who gardens or is skillful in gardening.        Source

So yes I am a gardener, but I do so much more than just garden. A farmer:

An individual whose primary job function involves livestock and/or agriculture. A farmer takes all the necessary steps to ensure proper nourishment of the items that he/she raises and then sells the items to purchasers. Some farmers have been able to capitalize on the need for high-demand products that they produce, such as organic vegetables and livestock. Source

Farmer is such a tricky word and I associate it more as someone taking of animals, than vegetables and pumpkins so I don't like calling myself a farmer. So I have concluded I'm a Pumpkinist.  I grow pumpkins, sell pumpkins, almost breath pumpkins, and more.  I am a pumpkin expert!