Meanings
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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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farmers
Derived forms
antifarmeraquafarmerbaby-farmerbook-farmerfarmer-generalfarmeressfarmerettefarmerhoodfarmerishfarmerlessfarmerlikefarmerly
Related forms
agriculturalistagriculturistagripreneuragronomistbotanistfarmfarmboyfarmgirlfarmhandfarmlandfarmmanfarmwoman
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.
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