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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Far·mer
Fannie Merritt 1857-1915 American cookery expert
biographical name James Leonard 1920-1999 American civil rights leader farm·er DATE 14th century 1. a person who pays a fixed sum for some privilege or source of income 2. a person who cultivates land or crops or raises animals or fish 3. yokel , bumpkin Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ farmer farm·er / 5fB:mE(r); NAmE 5fB:rm- / noun a person who owns or manages a farm 农场主；农人 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English farmer noun ADJ. big, large | small a new scheme to help the small farmer | peasant, tenant | gentleman | commercial | hill | organic | arable, livestock | dairy | cattle, chicken, pig, sheep, etc. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: oyster farmer , or suitcase farmer , or tenant farmer , or tree farmer , or truck farmer , or dirt farmer , or farmer cheese , or farmer-general , or farmer in the dell, or farmer-laborite , or future farmer , or general farmer , or gentleman farmerfarm·er \-mə(r)\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English fermour, fermer, from Middle French fermer, fermier lessee, renter, from Old French, from ferme lease + -ier -er — more at farm 1. : a person who pays a fixed sum for some privilege or source of income: as a. : one that obtains that right to collect taxes, customs, excises, or other duties, paying a fixed sum and retaining the moneys collected b. obsolete : a lessee or renter c. : the lessee of a government monopoly 2. : a person who cultivates land or crops or raises livestock: as a. : one that as steward, bailiff, or agent cultivates or supervises the cultivation of the lands of another b. : one that rents or leases land for cultivation : tenant farmer c. : a person whose primary occupation is the raising of crops or livestock — see gentleman farmer; compare rancher d. : a person engaged in a particular kind of farming < fruit farmers > < a leading dairy farmer > 3. : a person that agrees to perform certain duties for a fixed sum; specifically : one that agrees to keep babies or paupers for a fixed sum per head 4. a. : an ignorant rustic : yokel , bumpkin b. : a clumsy stupid fellow : dolt c. slang : a green hand inexperienced or incompetent in the trade at which he is working 5. : a variation of twenty-one in which the object is to draw cards totaling sixteen in value; also : the dealer in this game |
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