farmer

1. n. One who farms Source: opted

2. n. One who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leased ground; a tenant. Source: opted

3. n. One who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who cultivates a farm; an agriculturist; a husbandman. Source: opted

4. n. One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect, either paying a fixed annuual rent for the privilege; as, a farmer of the revenues. Source: opted

5. n. The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown. Source: opted

6. n. a person who operates a farm Source: wordnet

7. One who farms; as: (a) One who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leased ground; a tenant. Smart. (b) One who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who cultivates a farm; an agriculturist; a husbandman. (c) One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect, either paying a fixed annuual rent for the privilege; as, a farmer of the revenues. (d) (Mining) The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown. Farmer-general Etym: [F. fermier-general], one to whom the right of levying certain taxes, in a particular district, was farmed out, under the former French monarchy, for a given sum paid down. -- Farmers' satin, a light material of cotton and worsted, used for coat linings. McElrath. -- The king's farmer (O. Eng. Law), one to whom the collection of a royal revenue was farmed out. Burrill. Source: webster

8. One who farms; as:(a) One who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leasedground; a tenant. Smart.(b) One who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who cultivatesa farm; an agriculturist; a husbandman.(c) One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, tocollect, either paying a fixed annuual rent for the privilege; as, afarmer of the revenues.(d) (Mining) The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and copeof the crown. Farmer-general Etym: [F. fermier-general], one to whomthe right of levying certain taxes, in a particular district, wasfarmed out, under the former French monarchy, for a given sum paiddown.-- Farmers' satin, a light material of cotton and worsted, used forcoat linings. McElrath.-- The king's farmer (O. Eng. Law), one to whom the collection of aroyal revenue was farmed out. Burrill. Source: adambom

9. n:100 n. a person who operates a farm n. United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920) n. an expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915) Source: ecdict

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