farmer-general
nounEtymology
Calque of French fermier général
- derived from fermier général
Definitions
A member of a privileged association in France, before the French Revolution, who…
A member of a privileged association in France, before the French Revolution, who collected duties on behalf of the king, along with bonus fees for themselves.
- In the same tone a farmer general in France, who had probably beggared a province, and whose rapacity had hastened the late revolution, exclaimed, "What need of reformation?" To such men I can make no reply […]
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