Farmer
Pronunciation
- GenAm IPA: /fɑɹmɚ/
- RP IPA: /fÉ‘ËmÉ™/
- Rhymes: -É‘Ë(ɹ)mÉ™(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: farm + er
Origin
From Middle English *fermer, fermour ("a steward, bailliff, collector of taxes"), partly 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, see farm; and partly from Old English feormere ("a purveyor of a guild, a supplier of food, a grocer, farmer"), from feormian ("to purvey, supply, feed"), equivalent to farm + -er. More at farm.
Full definition of farmer
Noun
farmer
(plural farmers)- A person who works the land or who keeps livestock, especially on a farm.
- 2012-12-01, An internet of airborne things, A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.
- Agent noun of farm; someone or something that farms.
- (historical) One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent.a farmer of the revenues
- (historical, mining) The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown.