farmer-general
noun
(in France, under the old monarchy) a member of a company of capitalists that farmed certain taxes.
farmers-general
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pluralof farmer-general.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Those would be thought the natural, proper farmers-general of each district.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
The budgets usually showed deficits, and the imposts of all kinds were raised by tyrannical farmers-general.
From The Psychology of Revolution by Gustave Le Bon
Decreed, that all property real and personal of the farmers-general shall belong to the nation.
From Historical Epochs of the French Revolution With The Judgment And Execution Of Louis XVI., King Of France And A List Of The Members Of The National Convention, Who Voted For And Against His Death by Francis Randolph
And there must, we should suppose, have been some difficulty in cordially admitting even a penitent member of the abhorred class of farmers-general among the esoteric group of the philosophic opposition.
From Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. by John Morley
All the farmers-general are accused in a mass, and sent to the revolutionary tribunals, The town of Sargio and Piedmontese camp taken by the French.
From Historical Epochs of the French Revolution With The Judgment And Execution Of Louis XVI., King Of France And A List Of The Members Of The National Convention, Who Voted For And Against His Death by Francis Randolph
