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farmer^¹

/ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/ US
/ˈfɑː.mə/ UK

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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.

noun farmers

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

Similar: farmer, husbandman, neif, serf, villein

Farmer^²

proper noun Farmers

countable, uncountable 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.
countable, uncountable the Soviet MiG 19 aircraft.
countable, uncountable A township in Rice County, Kansas.
countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Pike County, Missouri.
countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Randolph County, North Carolina.
countable, uncountable A township and unincorporated community therein, in Defiance County, Ohio.
countable, uncountable A small town in Hanson County, South Dakota.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: husbandman, sodbuster, granger, plantation, farm, harvester, farming, farmland, agriculture, grower, ranch, agricultural, rancher, livestock, feeder, herd

noun

Similar: farmer, husbandman, neif, serf, villein

Translations

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noun person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock

Español	granjero, granjera, chacarero
한국어	농부 nongbu, 농사꾼 nongsakkun
日本語	農夫 nōfu, 農家 nōka
中文	農夫 /农夫 nóngfū, 農民 /农民 nóngmín, 農場主 /农场主 nóngchǎngzhǔ
हिन्दी	किसान kisān
Kiswahili	mkulima
Português	agricultor, fazendeiro, farmeiro
Français	agriculteur, fermier, agricultrice, fermière, cultivateur, cultivatrice
Deutsch	Landwirt, Landwirtin, Bauer, Bäuerin, Farmer, Farmerin
Italiano	agricoltore, fattore, contadino, contadina, agricoltrice, fattoressa
Ελληνικά	αγρότης agrótis, γεωργός georgós, κτηνοτρόφος ktinotrófos, γεωργοκτηνοτρόφος georgoktinotrófos, αγρότισσα agrótissa
Română	fermier, fermieră
Русский	крестья́нин krestʹjánin, фе́рмер férmer, земледе́лец zemledélec
Tiếng Việt	nông dân
العربية	فَلَّاح fallāḥ, فَلَّاحَة fallāḥa, مُزَارِع muzāriʕ, مُزَارِعَة muzāriʕa
עברית	אִכָּר, איכר ikár, אִכָּרָה, איכרה ikará

name Equivalent surnames of "farmer" in other languages

Deutsch	Bauer
Italiano	Campagnaro
Русский	Плужников Plužnikov
العربية	فلاح fallāḥ

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@misc{farmer_2026,
  title = {farmer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/farmer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}