farmer

A1 Topic:Plants & Agriculture

US /ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/ UK /ˈfɑː.mə/ See IPA manual

Freq #4064

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noun
A person who owns or works on a farm.

The farmer woke up early to feed the animals.

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1 noun · a person who owns or works... grangerhusbandman

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Forms farmers

Derived forms antifarmeraquafarmerbaby-farmerbook-farmerfarmer-generalfarmeressfarmerettefarmerhoodfarmerishfarmerlessfarmerlikefarmerly

Related forms agriculturalist agriculturistagripreneuragronomistbotanist farmfarmboyfarmgirlfarmhandfarmlandfarmmanfarmwoman

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.

fermour Middle English fermier Old French firmarius la-med feormere Old English

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# farmer

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈfɑː.mə/
**Frequency rank:** 4064

## Meanings
1. A person who owns or works on a farm.

## Examples
- The farmer woke up early to feed the animals.

## Synonyms
- husbandman
- neif
- serf
- villein

## Derived Forms
- antifarmer
- aquafarmer
- baby-farmer
- book-farmer
- farmer-general
- farmeress
- farmerette
- farmerhood
- farmerish
- farmerless
- farmerlike
- farmerly

## Related Forms
- agriculturalist
- agriculturist
- agripreneur
- agronomist
- botanist
- farm
- farmboy
- farmgirl
- farmhand
- farmland
- farmman
- farmwoman

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: fermour
- Root: fermier
- Root: firmarius
- Root: feormere

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Farmer comes 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. In current use, the main sense is “A person who owns or works on a farm”.

## Topics
- Plants & Agriculture

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