Farmer Definition
färmər
farmers
noun
farmers
A person who earns a living by farming; esp., one who manages or owns a farm.
Webster's New World
A person who pays for a right, as to collect and keep taxes.
Webster's New World
A simple, unsophisticated person; a bumpkin.
American Heritage
A surname.
Wiktionary
(NATO code name) The Soviet MiG 19 aircraft.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- James Leonard Farmer
- fannie merritt farmer
- Fannie Farmer
- sodbuster
- granger
- husbandman
- tiller
- plowman
- harvester
- planter
- cultivator
- breeder
- agriculturist
- sharecropper
- rancher
Other Word Forms of Farmer
Noun
Singular:
farmer
Plural:
farmersOrigin of Farmer
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From Middle English *fermer, fermour (“a steward, bailliff, collector of taxes”), partly from Old French fermier (“a farmer, a lessee, husbandman, bailliff”), from Medieval Latin firmarius (“one to whom land is rented, a collector of taxes, deputy”), from firma, see farm; and partly from Old English feormere (“a purveyor of a guild, a supplier of food, a grocer, farmer”), from feormian (“to purvey, supply, feed”), equivalent to farm + -er. More at farm.
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