farmer
Someone or something that farms, asSomeone or something that farms, as: A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm.
» His parents were farmers.
Seine Eltern waren Bauern.
Его родители были фермерами.
Його батьки були фермерами.
Meaning
6 sensesSomeone or something that farms, as:
(agent)A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm.
Landwirt, Landwirtin, Bauer
крестья́нинkrestʹjánin, фе́рмерférmer, земледе́лецzemledélec
фе́рмерférmer, фе́рмеркаférmerka, селя́нинseljányn
a person who operates a farm
(UK, agent, especially)More specifically, a farm owner, as distinguished from a farmworker or farmhand as a hired employee thereof.
(historical)One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent.
a farmer of the revenues
(historical)The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown.
(Singapore, slang)A regular person; someone who did not receive a prestigious scholarship.
(dated)A baby farmer (operator of a rural orphanage).
Examples
482 sentencesHis parents were farmers.
Його батьки були фермерами.
ruЕго родители были фермерами.
deSeine Eltern waren Bauern.
The farmer employed five new workers.
Фермер найняв п’ятеро нових робітників.
ruФермер нанял пять новых работников.
deDer Bauer stellte fünf neue Arbeiter ein.
I wanted to be a farmer.
Я хотів бути фермером.
ruЯ хотел быть фермером.
He bought eggs and milk from a farmer.
Він купив яйця і молоко у фермера.
ruОн покупал яйца и молоко у одного фермера.
deEr hat Eier und Milch bei einem Bauern gekauft.
Tom and the other farmers prayed for rain.
Том та інші фермери молилися про дощ.
ruТом и другие крестьяне молились о дожде.
deTom und die anderen Bauern beteten für Regen.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English fermour (“a steward, bailliff, collector of taxes”), from Old French fFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: farmersSynonyms
11 synonyms- a person who operates a farm:grangersodbuster
- an expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915):Fannie FarmerFannie Merritt Farmer
- United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920):James FarmerJames Leonard Farmer
Word family
52 related wordsCollocations
6 patterns- be a farmer
- a dairy farmer
- dairy farmer
- good farmer
- a farmer are
- farmer like