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farmer

noun
/ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/US/ˈfɑː.mə/UK

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.

  1. inherited from feormere — “a purveyor of a guild, a supplier of food, a grocer, farmer”
  2. derived from firmarius — “one to whom land is rented, a collector of taxes, deputy”
  3. derived from fermier — “a farmer, a lessee, husbandman, bailliff”
  4. inherited from fermour — “a steward, bailliff, collector of taxes”

Definitions

  1. Someone or something that farms, as

    Someone or something that farms, as:

    • 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.

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

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

    • a farmer of the revenues

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

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A regular person

      A regular person; someone who did not receive a prestigious scholarship.

    2. A baby farmer (operator of a rural orphanage).

    3. A surname.

      • 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.

    4. the Soviet MiG 19 aircraft.

    5. A placename in the United States

      A placename in the United States:

The neighborhood

Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for farmer. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA