sericulturist
/ˌsɛrɪˈkʌltʃərɪst/
noun
- A person who raises silkworms for the production of silk.
- Modern sericulturists use technology to improve silk quality and yield.
- My great-grandfather was a sericulturist in a small village in China.
- The sericulturist carefully tended the silkworms in a climate-controlled room.