Meaning

6 senses

  1. Someone 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

  2. (UK, agent, especially)More specifically, a farm owner, as distinguished from a farmworker or farmhand as a hired employee thereof.

  3. (historical)One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent.

    a farmer of the revenues

  4. (historical)The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown.

  5. (Singapore, slang)A regular person; someone who did not receive a prestigious scholarship.

  6. (dated)A baby farmer (operator of a rural orphanage).

Examples

482 sentences

  1. His parents were farmers.

    Його батьки були фермерами. — deniko

    ruЕго родители были фермерами. — odexed

    deSeine Eltern waren Bauern. — dima555

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  2. The farmer employed five new workers.

    Фермер найняв п’ятеро нових робітників. — brambury

    ruФермер нанял пять новых работников. — sharptoothed

    deDer Bauer stellte fünf neue Arbeiter ein. — Tamy

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  3. I wanted to be a farmer.

    Я хотів бути фермером. — deniko

    ruЯ хотел быть фермером. — marafon

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  4. He bought eggs and milk from a farmer.

    Він купив яйця і молоко у фермера. — Anjy

    ruОн покупал яйца и молоко у одного фермера. — GranD

    deEr hat Eier und Milch bei einem Bauern gekauft. — MUIRIEL

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  5. Tom and the other farmers prayed for rain.

    Том та інші фермери молилися про дощ. — deniko

    ruТом и другие крестьяне молились о дожде. — Balamax

    deTom und die anderen Bauern beteten für Regen. — Sudajaengi

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock:
Русский
By meaning 1
person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock:

Origin

From Middle English fermour (“a steward, bailliff, collector of taxes”), from Old French f

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.

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Forms

plural: farmers
Singularfarmer
Pluralfarmers

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
husbandmanneifserfvillein
Close in meaning

Word family

50 related words
RelatedfarmA1farmlandB1farmboyfarmgirlfarmhandfarmmanfarmwomanagriculturalistagriculturistagripreneuragronomistbotanistfarmerette
Derivedafternoon farmerantifarmeraquafarmeraura farmerbook-farmerchicken farmerclick farmerdairy farmerdirt farmerdrama farmerfarmer cheesefarmeressfarmer-generalfarmerhoodfarmerishfarmerlessfarmerlikefarmerlyfarmershipfish farmergentleman farmergold farmergong farmerhog farmer

Collocations

6 patterns
  • be a farmer
  • a dairy farmer
  • dairy farmer
  • good farmer
  • a farmer are
  • farmer like

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
farewellB1farfallefarmA1farmhousefarmlandB1farmyardfarsighted
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