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farmer

far·mer

UK/ˈfɑː.mə/ US/ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/ common slang uk

noun

1.

a person who operates a farm

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2.

United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920)

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3.

an expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915)

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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • afternoon farmer
  • aura farmer
  • chicken farmer
  • Chinese farmer
  • click farmer
  • clip farmer
  • cockatoo farmer
  • dairy farmer

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