Farmer Meaning
/ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounSomeone or something that farms, as:
nounSomeone or something that farms, as:, A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm.
Sentence Examples
The farmer that lived nearby came to investigate.
The farmer sowed his field with wheat.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ woke early each morning to milk the cows and feed the sheep.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ worked hard to harvest the wheat before the heavy rain began to fall in the afternoon.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist, volume 405, number 8813, page 3 (Technology Quarterly):
"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."
— 2019 December 22, Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar, “Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse”, in Ars Technica:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ woke early each morning to milk the cows and feed the sheep.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ worked hard to harvest the wheat before the heavy rain began to fall in the afternoon.