farmer

farm·er

 (fär′mər)
n.
1. One who works on or operates a farm.
2. One who has paid for the right to collect and retain certain revenues or profits.
3. A simple, unsophisticated person; a bumpkin.
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farmer

(ˈfɑːmə)
n
1. (Agriculture) a person who operates or manages a farm
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) 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
3. (Commerce) a person who looks after a child for a fixed sum

Farmer

(ˈfɑːmə)
n
(Biography) John. ?1565–1605, English madrigal composer and organist
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farm•er

(ˈfɑr mər)

n.
1. a person who operates a farm or cultivates land.
2. an unsophisticated person from a rural area; yokel.
3. a person who undertakes some service at a fixed price.
4. a person who undertakes the collection of taxes, duties, etc., paying a fixed sum for the privilege of keeping what is collected.
[1350–1400; Middle English fermer < Anglo-French; Old French fermier collector of revenue. See farm, -er2]

Far•mer

(ˈfɑr mər)

n.
1. Fannie (Merritt), 1857–1915, U.S. authority on cooking.
2. James (Leonard), 1920–99, U.S. civil-rights leader.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.farmer - a person who operates a farmfarmer - a person who operates a farm  
contadino - an Italian farmer
creator - a person who grows or makes or invents things
agriculturalist, agriculturist, cultivator, grower, raiser - someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
apiarist, apiculturist, beekeeper - a farmer who keeps bees for their honey
dairy farmer, dairyman - the owner or manager of a dairy
arboriculturist, tree farmer, forester - someone trained in forestry
plantation owner, planter - the owner or manager of a plantation
rancher - a person who owns or operates a ranch
smallholder - a person owning or renting a smallholding
small farmer - a farmer on a small farm
sower - someone who sows
stock farmer, stock raiser, stockman - farmer who breed or raises livestock
tenant farmer - a farmer who works land owned by someone else
tiller - someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops)
2.Farmer - United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920)
3.Farmer - an expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915)
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farmer

noun agriculturist, yeoman, smallholder, crofter (Scot.), grazier, agriculturalist, rancher, agronomist, husbandman, cockie or cocky (Austral. & N.Z. informal) He was a simple farmer scratching a living from the soil.
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Translations
مُزارِعمُزارِع، فَلاّح، صاحِب مَزْرَعَه
farmářsedlák
landmandbonde
BauerLandwirt
αγρότης
agricultorgranjerolabradorcampesinochacarero
maanviljelijätalonpoikaviljelijäfarmari
fermieragriculteurcultivateur
farmer
farmer
bóndi
agricoltorecontadinofattorecontadina
農場主
농부
agricola
boer
bondegårdbrukerjordbruker
rolnik
fazendeiroagricultor
земледелецфермер
kmet
bondejordbrukare
ชาวนา
çiftçi
trang chủ
农场主农夫

farmer

[ˈfɑːməʳ] Nagricultor(a) m/f, granjero/a m/f, chacarero/a m/f (LAm); [of large farm] → hacendado/a m/f, estanciero/a m/f (LAm), ranchero/a m/f (Mex)
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farmer

[ˈfɑːrr] nfermier/ière m/f, agriculteur/trice m/f
He's a farmer → Il est agriculteur.farmers' market farmers market nmarché m fermier
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

farmer

nBauer m, → Bäuerin f, → Landwirt(in) m(f); (in US, Australia) → Farmer(in) m(f); (= mink farmer)Züchter(in) m(f); (= fish farmer)Teichwirt(in) m(f) (form); (= gentleman farmer)Gutsherr m; (= tenant farmer)Pächter(in) m(f); farmer’s wifeBäuerin f; farmer’s co-operativelandwirtschaftliche Genossenschaft
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farmer

[ˈfɑːməʳ] nagricoltore m, contadino/a, coltivatore/trice; (owner of farm) → proprietario/a terriero/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

farm

(faːm) noun
1. an area of land, including buildings, used for growing crops, breeding and keeping cows, sheep, pigs etc. Much of England is good agricultural land and there are many farms.
2. the farmer's house and the buildings near it in such a place. We visited the farm; (also adjective) a farm kitchen.
verb
to cultivate (the land) in order to grow crops, breed and keep animals etc. He farms (5,000 acres) in the south.
ˈfarmer noun
the owner or tenant of a farm who works on the land etc. How many farmworkers does that farmer employ?
ˈfarming noun
the business of owning or running a farm. There is a lot of money involved in farming; (also adjective) farming communities.
ˈfarmhouse noun
the house in which a farmer lives.
ˈfarmyard noun
the open area surrounded by the farm buildings. There were several hens loose in the farmyard; (also adjective) farmyard animals.
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farmer

مُزارِع farmář landmand Bauer αγρότης agricultor, granjero maanviljelijä fermier farmer contadino 農場主 농부 boer gårdbruker rolnik agricultor, fazendeiro фермер jordbrukare ชาวนา çiftçi trang chủ 农夫
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farmer

n. campesino-a, granjero-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

farmer

n agricultor -ra mf, granjero -ra mf
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