"cane cutter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cane cutters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cane cutter (plural cane cutters)
  1. A worker who harvests sugar cane on a sugar plantation. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Related terms: cane knife Coordinate_terms: cane carter

Inflected forms

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