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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The people concerned in the finances, the farmers-general, the receivers of the taxes which are not in farm, the court-bankers, &c. make the greater part of those who advance their money in all public exigencies.
From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Germain Garnier
Thirdly, and lastly, by subjecting all those taxes to an administration under the immediate inspection and direction or government, the exorbitant profits of the farmers-general might be added to the revenue of the state.
From An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
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
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier was born in Paris in 1743, the son of one of the "farmers-general."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 by Various
A body of British troops, with one of the military farmers-general at their head, was sent to seize upon the castle in which these helpless women resided.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
