farmer
English
/fɑɹmɚ/, /fɑːmə/
noun
Definitions
- A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock, especially on a farm.
- agent Agent noun of farm; someone or something that farms.
- (historical) One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent.
- (historical) The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fermor derived from Old French fermier (a farmer, bailliff, husbandman, a lessee) derived from Latin firmarius inherited from Old English feormere (farmer, a purveyor of a guild, a supplier of food, a grocer) affix from English farm.
Origin
English
farm
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antifarm English
- antifarmer English
- aquafarm English
- aquafarmer English
- farm English
- farm-mate English
- farmability English
- farmable English
- farmboy English
- farmcore English
- farmee English
- farmeress English
- farmerette English
- farmerish English
- farmerless English
- farmerlike English
- farmerly English
- farmership English
- farmery English
- farmeth English
- farmette English
- farmgate English
- farmgirl English
- farmhand English
- farmhouse English
- farming English
- farmish English
- farmland English
- farmless English
- farmlet English
- farmlike English
- farmly English
- farmor English
- farmplace English
- farmscape English
- farmstall English
- farmstand English
- farmstay English
- farmstead English
- farmstock English
- farmward English
- farmwards English
- farmwear English
- farmwide English
- farmwife English
- farmwork English
- farmworker English
- farmyard English
- megafarm English
- microfarm English
- microfarmer English
- multifarm English
- nonfarm English
- nonfarmer English
- nutfarm English
- overfarm English
- share English
- sharefarmer English
- skyfarm English
- superfarm English
- underfarm English
- underfarmer English
- farkkuhame Finnish
- farkkukangas Finnish
- farkkukansa Finnish
- farkkupusero Finnish
- farkkutakki Finnish
- farkut Finnish
- merkkifarkut Finnish
- samettifarkut Finnish
- talvifarkut Finnish
- firmarius Latin
- Farm German
- Farmer German
- Farmersalat German
- farm Hungarian
- farmen Dutch, Flemish
- фермер Russian
- farmero Spanish, Castilian
- farma Polish
- feorm Old English
- feormere Old English
- ferme Middle English
- fermor Middle English
- fermier Old French
- ฟาร์ม Thai
- fferm Welsh
- feirmeireachd Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ifama Xhosa
- famu Shona
- farm
- share
- farmly
- farmor
- farmee
- nonfarm
- farmboy
- nutfarm
- farming
- farmlet
- farmeth
- farmery
- skyfarm
- farmish
- farmyard
- farmward
- farmless
- farmwork
- farmette
- farmstay
- farmhand
- farmcore
- antifarm
- aquafarm
- farmgate
- farmlike
- farmland
- farmable
- farmwear
- farmerly
- farmwide
- overfarm
- farmgirl
- farmwife
- megafarm
- farmstock
- farmstall
- farmwards
- farm-mate
- farmscape
- farmeress
- nonfarmer
- microfarm
- superfarm
- multifarm
- farmstand
- farmstead
- farmerish
- farmplace
- underfarm
- farmhouse
- antifarmer
- farmerless
- farmership
- farmerette
- farmworker
- aquafarmer
- farmerlike
- sharefarmer
- microfarmer
- farmability
- underfarmer