farmers

Noun

farmer (plural farmers)

1. (agent) 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)
2. (UK, agent, especially, strictly) More specifically, a farm owner, as distinguished from a farmworker or farmhand as a hired employee thereof.
3. (historical) One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent.
   • a farmer of the revenues
4. (historical) The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown.
5. (Singapore, slang) A regular person; someone who did not receive a prestigious scholarship.
6. (dated) A baby farmer (operator of a rural orphanage).

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