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Farmer-general

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farm⋅er-gen⋅er⋅al

  [fahr-mer-jen-er-uhl]
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–noun, plural farm⋅ers-gen⋅er⋅al.
(in France, under the old monarchy) a member of a company of capitalists that farmed certain taxes.
Origin:
1705–15; trans. of F fermier-général

Related forms:
far⋅mer-gen⋅er⋅al⋅ship, noun
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