US /ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/ UK /ˈfɑː.mə/
noun name Freq #4064

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A person who owns or works on a farm.

    The farmer woke up early to feed the animals.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a person who owns or works... grangerhusbandman
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Word family
Forms 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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