farmer

English

/fɑɹmɚ/, /fɑːmə/

noun
Definitions
  • A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock, especially on a farm.
  • agent Agent noun of farm; someone or something that farms.
  • (historical) One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent.
  • (historical) The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English fermor derived from Old French fermier (a farmer, bailliff, husbandman, a lessee) derived from Latin firmarius inherited from Old English feormere (farmer, a purveyor of a guild, a supplier of food, a grocer) affix from English farm.

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English

farm

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