Definition of Farmir
Farm"er (?), n. [Cf. F.
fermier.] One who farms; as: (a)
One who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leased
ground; a tenant. Smart. (b) One
who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who cultivates a farm;
an agriculturist; a husbandman. (c) One
who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect, either
paying a fixed annuual rent for the privilege; as, a farmer of
the revenues. (d) (Mining) The lord
of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the
crown.
Farmer-general [F. fermier-general],
one to whom the right of levying certain taxes, in a particular
district, was farmed out, under the former French monarchy,
for a given sum paid down. -- Farmers' satin,
a light material of cotton and worsted, used for coat
linings. McElrath. -- The king's farmer
(O. Eng. Law), one to whom the collection of a royal
revenue was farmed out. Burrill.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A person who works the land or who keeps livestock, especially on a farm.
- Dog lover, the person who has B.I.N.G.O.
- NATO code name for the Soviet Mig 17 aircraft.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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