farmer
//ˈfɑɹ.mɚ//
Forms
- Plural
- farmers
Definitions
1.Someone or something that farms, as:
2.A regular person; someone who did not receive a prestigious scholarship.(slang)
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2014
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
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.