farmer

[fahr-mer]

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noun

a person who farms; person who operates a farm or cultivates land.

an unsophisticated person from a rural area; yokel.

a person who undertakes some service, as the care of children or the poor, at a fixed price.

a person who undertakes the collection of taxes, duties, etc., paying a fixed sum for the privilege of retaining them.

Cards.

a variety of twenty-one played with a 45-card pack, the object being to obtain cards having a total worth of 16.
the dealer in this game.

Origin of farmer

1350–1400; Middle English fermer < Anglo-French; Old French fermier collector of revenue. See farm, -er²

Related formsfarm·er·like, adjectivepro·farm·er, adjectiveun·der·farm·er, noun

Farmer

[fahr-mer]

noun

Fannie (Mer·ritt)

[mer-it] /ˈmɛr ɪt/, 1857–1915, U.S. authority on cooking.

James (Leonard),1920–1999, U.S. civil-rights leader; founder of CORE.

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Related Words for farmer

rancher, peasant, laborer, producer, grower, tender, reaper, gardener, agriculturist, clodhopper, horticulturist, villein, homesteader, gleaner, feeder, planter, agriculturalist, cropper, sower, sharecropper

Examples from the Web for farmer

Contemporary Examples of farmer

“They are innocent of the charges leveled against them,” a statement issued by Farmer, who also represents the accused, said.
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A local Kurdish farmer later took me to a border spot near his farmhouse.
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Just a few days after he arrived, a farmer named Bill Stittsworth dropped in on the doctor.
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September 16, 2014
Derek Klingenberg is a farmer who occasionally posts YouTube song parodies.
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Historical Examples of farmer

He was a farmer's son, and seldom had any money in his possession.
Brave and Bold
Horatio Alger
Just across the way, there lived a farmer who had a young daughter.
Ancient Man
Hendrik Willem van Loon
We found the farmer and his wife at home, and both received us very cordially.
The Roof of France
Matilda Betham-Edwards
"The whole Howard lot's a stuck-up set," muttered the farmer.
In the Midst of Alarms
Robert Barr
"I guess I'll go to look after the horses," said the farmer, rising.
In the Midst of Alarms
Robert Barr

British Dictionary definitions for farmer

farmer

noun

a person who operates or manages a farm

a person who obtains the right to collect and retain a tax, rent, etc, or operate a franchise for a specified period on payment of a fee

a person who looks after a child for a fixed sum

Farmer

noun

John. ?1565–1605, English madrigal composer and organist

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Word Origin and History for farmer

late 14c., "one who collects taxes, etc.," from Anglo-French fermer, French fermier, from Medieval Latin firmarius, from firma (see farm (n.)). In the agricultural sense, 1590s, replacing native churl and husbandman.