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farmers-general

farmers-general is the plural of farmer-general.

Meaning of farmer-general

Noun

farmer-general (plural farmers-general)

  1. (historical) A member of a privileged association in France, before the French Revolution, who collected duties on behalf of the king, along with bonus fees for themselves.
    • In the same tone a farmer general in France, who had probably beggared a province, and whose rapacity had hastened the late revolution, exclaimed, "What need of reformation?" To such men I can make no reply […]1810, George Ensor, On National Government, volume 1, page 2

Questions about farmers-general

What is farmers-general the plural of?
Farmers-general is the plural of farmer-general.

Words near farmers-general in the dictionary

  1. farmers' leagues
  2. farmers' market
  3. farmers' markets
  4. farmers' satin
  5. farmers' satins
  6. farmers-general
  7. farmership
  8. farmerships
  9. Farmersville
  10. Farmerville
  11. farmery

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