farmer

[ fahr-mer ]
/ ˈfɑr mər /

noun

a person who farms; person who operates a farm or cultivates land.
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; yokel.
a person who undertakes some service, as the care of children or the poor, at a fixed price.
a person who undertakes the collection of taxes, duties, etc., paying a fixed sum for the privilege of retaining them.
Cards.
  1. a variety of twenty-one played with a 45-card pack, the object being to obtain cards having a total worth of 16.
  2. the dealer in this game.

Origin of farmer

1350–1400; Middle English fermer < Anglo-French; Old French fermier collector of revenue. See farm, -er2

OTHER WORDS FROM farmer

farm·er·like, adjective pro·farm·er, adjective un·der·farm·er, noun

Definition for farmer (2 of 2)

Farmer
[ fahr-mer ]
/ ˈfɑr mər /

noun

Fannie (Mer·ritt) [mer-it] /ˈmɛr ɪt/,1857–1915, U.S. authority on cooking.
James (Leonard),1920–1999, U.S. civil-rights leader; founder of CORE.

Example sentences from the Web for farmer

British Dictionary definitions for farmer (1 of 2)

farmer
/ (ˈfɑːmə) /

noun

a person who operates or manages a farm
a person who obtains the right to collect and retain a tax, rent, etc, or operate a franchise for a specified period on payment of a fee
a person who looks after a child for a fixed sum

British Dictionary definitions for farmer (2 of 2)

Farmer
/ (ˈfɑːmə) /

noun

John. ?1565–1605, English madrigal composer and organist