farmer

CEFRA2

/ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who grows crops or raises animals.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent.

Examples

  • The farmer sowed his field with wheat.

  • The farmer that lived nearby came to investigate.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Someone or something that farms, as:

  2. A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm.

  3. The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown.

More examples

In context

  • a farmer of the revenues

  • It all started when Nick Farmer bought George R. R. Martin a drink, but the plot really thickened when the linguist met Martin’s then-assistant Ty Franck.

  • 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.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.