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non-farm·er | \ ˌnän-ˈfär-mər 
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\variants:
or nonfarmer
Definition of non-farmer
: a person who is not a farmer Large farming became known as agribusiness, the business end often operated by executive non-farmers in distant cities.— Ralph Beer … tensions and conflicts between farmers and nonfarmers are perceived to have increased …— Michael Woods
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The first known use of non-farmer was in 1873
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