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farmer (fär′mər)

noun

  1. a person who earns a living by farming; esp., one who manages or operates a farm
  2. a person who pays for a right, as, formerly, to collect and keep taxes
  3. a person who contracts to do something for a fixed price

Etymology: ME fermour, farmer, bailiff < Anglo-Fr fermer < OFr fermier < ferme: see farm

Farmer definition

Far·mer (fär′mər)

Farmer, Fannie (Merritt) 1857-1915; U.S. teacher & writer on cooking

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farmer Synonyms

farmer

n.

planter, grower, breeder, livestock breeder, stockman, agriculturist, agriculturalist, agronomist, rancher, dirt farmer, tenant farmer, tenant, lessee, homesteader, granger, husbandman, producer, tiller of the soil, cultivator, peasant, peon, herdsman, plowman, sharecropper, operator, farmhand, hired hand, hired man, gentleman farmer, squire, cropper, grazer, cattleman, sheepman, harvester, son of the soil, countryman, yeoman, truck gardener, sower, gleaner, gardener, nurseryman, orchardist, horticulturist, hydroponist, pomologist, viticulturist, settler, migrant worker, migrant, help, farm laborer, picker, campesino (Spanish), villein, sodbuster*.


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farmer Usage Examples

Possessives

  • livelihood: Family farmers ' livelihoods and independence will be further compromised by genetic engineering.

Converse of object

  • compensate: However, to compensate farmers for the loss of subsidy, produce prices have been raised.

Adjective modifier

  • small-scale: Its sole objective is to support small-scale cotton farmers.

Noun used with modifier

  • dairy: For example, one organic dairy farmer from Chepstow lost four cattle to the skin test in August 2005.
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farmer quotes

A photographer without a magazine behind him is like a farmer without fields.

-Smith

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