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farmer.

Someone or something that farms, as:

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/General-American/ˈfɑː.mə/Received-Pronunciation
  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.

    agent
  2. Someone or something that farms, as: More specifically, a farm owner, as distinguished from a farmworker or farmhand as a hired employee thereof.

    UK · agent · especially
  3. One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent.

    historical
    a farmer of the revenues
  4. The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown.

    historical
  5. A regular person; someone who did not receive a prestigious scholarship.

    Singapore · slang
  6. A baby farmer (operator of a rural orphanage).

    dated
Where this word comes from

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.

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