farmer
a person who farms; person who operates a farm or cultivates land.
Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. an unsophisticated or ignorant person, especially one from a rural area.
Archaic. a person who undertakes some service, as the care of children or poor people, at a fixed price.
Archaic. a person who undertakes the collection of taxes, duties, etc., paying a fixed sum for the privilege of retaining them.
Cards.
a variety of twenty-one played with a 45-card pack, the object being to obtain cards having a total worth of 16.
the dealer in this game.
Origin of farmer
1usage note For farmer
Other words from farmer
- farm·er·like, adjective
- pro·farm·er, adjective
- un·der·farm·er, noun
Other definitions for Farmer (2 of 2)
Fannie (Mer·ritt) [mer-it], /ˈmɛr ɪt/, 1857–1915, U.S. authority on cooking.
James (Leonard), 1920–1999, U.S. civil rights leader; founder of CORE.
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How to use farmer in a sentence
These are young fathers, rural farmers, usually growing banana or coffee or subsistence crops.
How Good Dads Can Change the World | Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTScottish farmers had already been making whisky in the area for centuries with their surplus barley.
As the deadly virus swept through the region, entire families of farmers and harvesters were wiped out.
The farmers in the area told Ledu that what normally fed them for one year would barely stretch for the next few months.
Farmers, fearing ISIS attacks, have left the city with their sheep.
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He annually has a gathering of distinguished farmers and others to inspect his estate and see how his "book farming" gets on.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyIn and around where they now sat, there was quite a settlement of Negroes, mostly small farmers.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxHis horticultural writings were exceedingly beneficial, as well to the gardeners as farmers.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellMost of the farmers wore linen dusters and broad straw hats, but their women had put on all their finery.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonFarmers often lose their entire stock of plants, and are forced to send miles to beg or buy of a more fortunate planter.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.
British Dictionary definitions for farmer (1 of 2)
/ (ˈfɑːmə) /
a person who operates or manages a farm
a person who obtains the right to collect and retain a tax, rent, etc, or operate a franchise for a specified period on payment of a fee
a person who looks after a child for a fixed sum
British Dictionary definitions for Farmer (2 of 2)
/ (ˈfɑːmə) /
John. ?1565–1605, English madrigal composer and organist
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