farmer

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noun

Plural noun:

farmers

1.
(agent noun) Someone or something that farms, as:
2.
(historical)One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent.
a farmer of the revenues
3.
(historical)(historical, mining) The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown.
4.
(Singapore, slang)A regular person; someone who did not receive a prestigious scholarship.
5.
(dated)A baby farmer (operator of a rural orphanage).

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From Middle English fermour (a steward, bailliff, collector of taxes), from Old French fermier (a farmer, a lessee, husbandman, bailliff), from 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.