farmer
Syllables: farm·er/ˈfɑː.mə//ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/
farmer noun: a person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm.
Noun
farmer (plural farmers)
- A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm.
- A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist, volume 405, number 8813, page 3 (Technology Quarterly)
- More specifically, a farm owner, as distinguished from a farmworker or farmhand as a hired employee thereof.
- One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent.
- a farmer of the revenues
- The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown.
- A regular person; someone who did not receive a prestigious scholarship.
- A baby farmer (operator of a rural orphanage).
Proper noun capitalized: Farmer
Farmer (countable and uncountable, plural Farmers)
- A surname.
- It all started when Nick Farmer bought George R. R. Martin a drink, but the plot really thickened when the linguist met Martin’s then-assistant Ty Franck.2019 December 22, Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar, “Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse”, in Ars Technica, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2021
- the Soviet MiG 19 aircraft.
- A township in Rice County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Pike County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Randolph County, North Carolina.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Defiance County, Ohio.
- A small town in Hanson County, South Dakota.
farmer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
farmer in Hindi
- person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock
- किसान kisān
farmer in Tamil
- person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock
- விவசாயி vivacāyi, உழவன் uḻavaṉ
farmer in Marathi
- person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock
- शेतकरी śetakrī
farmer in Urdu
- person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock
- کِسان kisān, دِہْقان dihqān, دَہْقان dahqān
More languagesFewer languages
- farmer in Bengali
- কৃষক kriśok
- farmer in Telugu
- కర్షకుడు karṣakuḍu, రైతు raitu
- farmer in Malayalam
- കൃഷിക്കാരന് kr̥ṣikkāraṉ, കർഷകന് kaṟṣakaṉ
- farmer in Kannada
- ಒಕ್ಕಲಿಗ okkaliga, ಆರಂಬಗಾರ ārambagāra, ರೈತ raita
- farmer in Punjabi
- ਕਿਸਾਨ kisān, ਜ਼ਿਮੀਂਦਾਰ zimīndār
- farmer in Gujarati
- ખેડૂત kheḍūt, કિસાન kisān
- farmer in Odia
- ଚାଷୀ
- farmer in Sanskrit
- कृषक kṛṣaka, कार्षीवण kā́rṣīvaṇa
- farmer in Sinhala
- ගමරාළ gamarāḷa
- farmer in Assamese
- খেতিয়ক khetik
- farmer in Pashto
- بزګر bazgar, دهقان dehqān, کسان kasān
- farmer in Tagalog
- magsasaka
- farmer in Arabic
- فَلَّاح fallāḥ, فَلَّاحَة fallāḥa, مُزَارِع muzāriʕ, مُزَارِعَة muzāriʕa
- farmer in Malay
- petani, pesawah, pekebun, peladang
- farmer in Indonesian
- petani, peternak
- farmer in Thai
- กสิกร gà-sì-gɔɔn, เกษตรกร gà-sèet-dtrà-gɔɔn, ชาวนา chaao-naa, ชาวไร่ chaao-râi
- farmer in Vietnamese
- nông dân
- farmer in Myanmar
- လယ်သမား laisa.ma:, တောင်သူ taungsu
Examples of farmer in a sentence
- The farmer offered me some fresh eggs, but I told him I was allergic to egg.
- A dam is often an essential source of water to farmers of hilly country.
- This invention was a revelation for farmers throughout the region, who immediately adopted it.
Synonyms of farmer
Forms of farmer
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | farmers |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Farmers |
Origin of farmer
From Middle English fermour (“a steward, bailliff, collector of taxes”), from Old French fermier (“a farmer, a lessee, husbandman, bailliff”), from Medieval Latin firmarius (“one to whom land is rented, a collector of taxes, deputy”), from firma; equivalent to farm + -er. Compare Old English feormere (“a purveyor of a guild, a supplier of food, a grocer, farmer”). More at farm.
Words formed from farmer
- afternoon farmer
- antifarmer
- aquafarmer
- aura farmer
- baby-farmer
- book-farmer
- chicken farmer
- Chinese farmer
- click farmer
- clip farmer
- cockatoo farmer
- dairy farmer
- dirt farmer
- drama farmer
- farmer cheese
- Farmer City
- farmeress
- farmerette
- farmer-general
- farmerhood
- farmer in the dell
- farmerish
- farmerless
- farmerlike
- farmerly
- farmer sausage
- farmership
- fish farmer
- gentleman farmer
- gold farmer
- gong farmer
- hog farmer
- karma farmer
- marginal farmer
- microfarmer
- nonfarmer
- pig farmer
- Pitt Street farmer
- profarmer
- sharefarmer
- sheep farmer
- suitcase farmer
- tenant farmer
- truck farmer
- underfarmer
- wind farmer
Phrases with farmer
Words that rhyme with farmer
Questions about farmer
- What does farmer mean?
- Farmer means a person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm.
- What is farmer in Hindi?
- Farmer in Hindi is किसान (kisān). See Farmer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is farmer?
- Farmer can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce farmer?
- Farmer is pronounced /ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of farmer?
- The plural of farmer is farmers.
Words near farmer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: farmer (page history and authors); Farmer (page history and authors); ಆರಂಬಗಾರ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਕਿਸਾਨ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); કિસાન (Gujarati) (page history and authors); farmer (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); कार्षीवण (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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