farmer

farm·er

noun \ˈfär-mər\

Definition of FARMER

1

: a person who pays a fixed sum for some privilege or source of income

2

: a person who cultivates land or crops or raises animals (as livestock or fish)

3

: yokel, bumpkin

Examples of FARMER

1. My uncle has been a farmer for 60 years.
2. <a young farmer whose family has been growing wheat for many generations>

First Known Use of FARMER

14th century

Related to FARMER

Synonyms: agriculturist (or agriculturalist), agronomist, cultivator, grower, planter, tiller

Antonyms: nonfarmer

Related Words: farmhand, field hand, gleaner, harvester, plowman, reaper; workfolk (or workfolks); crofter [chiefly British], cropper, gentleman farmer, sharecropper, subsistence farmer, tenant farmer, yeoman; homesteader, nester [West]; granger; rancher, ranchero, ranchman; campesino

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Rhymes with FARMER

armor, charmer, harmer