farmer
Someone or something that , as
Other meanings
A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in on a .
More specifically, a farm owner, as distinguished from a or as a hired employee thereof.
Related words
- farmer in the dell
- suitcase farmer
- antifarmer
- aquafarmer
- farmeress
- farmerette
- farmerhood
- farmerish
- farmerless
- farmerlike
- farmerly
- farmership
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "feormere" (a purveyor of a guild, a supplier of food, a grocer, farmer).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “farmer” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.