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Farmer Latin Noun Bre ˈfɑːmə(R ˈfɑːrmər Lot Conventional

Word farmer
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈfɑːmə(r) / NAmE / ˈfɑːrmər /
Example
  • a lot of conventional farmers have converted to organic.
  • jefferson’s ideal of a nation of yeoman farmers
  • settlers were primarily subsistence farmers.
  • a new plan to help the small farmer
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farmer

(noun)BrE / ˈfɑːmə(r) / NAmE / ˈfɑːrmər /
  1. a person who owns or manages a farm
  2. Extra Examples

    • A lot of conventional farmers have converted to organic.
    • Jefferson’s ideal of a nation of yeoman farmers
    • Settlers were primarily subsistence farmers.
    • a new plan to help the small farmer

    Word Origin

    • late Middle English: from Old French fermier, from medieval Latin firmarius, firmator, from firma ‘fixed payment’, from Latin firmare ‘fix, settle’ (in medieval Latin ‘contract for’), from firmus ‘constant, firm’. The current sense originally denoted ‘a bailiff’ or ‘steward who farmed land on the owner's behalf’, or ‘a tenant farmer’.
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