farmer
nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈfɑː.mə//
- United States//ˈfɑɹ.mɚ//
Someone or something that farms, as: A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm.
noun
- 1
Someone or something that farms, as: A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm.
A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.
- 2
Someone or something that farms, as: More specifically, a farm owner, as distinguished from a farmworker or farmhand as a hired employee thereof.
- 3
historicalOne who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent.
a farmer of the revenues
- 4
historicalThe lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown.
- 5
slangA regular person; someone who did not receive a prestigious scholarship.
- 6
datedA baby farmer (operator of a rural orphanage).
Etymology
From Middle English fermour (“a steward, bailliff, collector of taxes”), 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; equivalent to farm + -er. Compare Old English feormere (“a purveyor of a guild, a supplier of food, a grocer, farmer”). More at farm.
Forms
- plural
- farmers
farmer · Someone or something that farms, as: A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm.
Farmer · A surname.farmhouse · A house (usually the main house) on a farm; thus: A farmer's…farming · The business of cultivating land, raising stock, etc.