farmer

noun

farm·​er ˈfär-mər 

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 (such as livestock or fish)

3

: yokel, bumpkin

Synonyms of farmer

• cultivator

Examples of farmer in a Sentence

My uncle has been a farmer for 60 years.

a young farmer whose family has been growing wheat for many generations

Recent Examples on the Web

Traditionally, farmers have added these living biofertilizers to soil, where acidity – plus the rival microbes who live there – pose a great threat, and thus for every amount of biofertilizers dumped into soil, only a portion gets to the roots. —New Atlas, 4 Jan. 2026

Anna Regalado, the authority’s agricultural specialist, will share information about the goals of the plan and how input from the public and important stakeholders—including farmers, farmworkers and ranchers—will influence the plan. —Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2026

The real challenge, though, is getting large-scale farmers and food distributors such as Sysco to participate, Tibbetts said. —Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 4 Jan. 2026

In Dakota County, a farmer took away a section of trail on his property because riders were veering off it. —John Lauritsen, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing farmer

• dirt farmer
• farmer cheese
• farmer's lung
• farmer's market
• gentleman farmer
• non-farmer
• tenant farmer

Rhymes for farmer

• armor
• charmer
• harmer

Kids Definition

farmer

noun

farm·​er ˈfär-mər 

: a person who cultivates land or crops or raises animals

Biographical Definition

Farmer 1 of 2

biographical name (1)

Far·​mer ˈfär-mər 

Fannie Merritt 1857–1915 American cookery expert

Farmer

2 of 2

biographical name (2)

James Leonard 1920–1999 American civil rights leader