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farmerhood

noun

Etymology

From farmer + -hood.

  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”
  5. suffixed as farmerhood — “farmer + hood”

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of being a farmer.

    • I could not see his hands, for the thick gloves he wore, and his face was partially concealed by a red woollen comforter; but his entire appearance and manners tallied with what I had seen of Yorkshire farmerhood.

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