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The definition of a farmer is a person who owns, works on or operates an agricultural enterprise, either commercially or to sustain himself or his family.
(noun)An example of a farmer is a person who owns several acres of land and a barn and who raises cattle and grows fruits and vegetables to eat and to sell at a local market.
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See farmer in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a person who earns a living by farming; esp., one who manages or operates a farm
- a person who pays for a right, as, formerly, to collect and keep taxes
- a person who contracts to do something for a fixed price
Origin: ME fermour, farmer, bailiff < Anglo-Fr fermer < OFr fermier < ferme: see farm
Farmer,
Fannie (Merritt) 1857-1915; U.S. teacher & writer on cooking
See farmer in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- One who works on or operates a farm.
- One who has paid for the right to collect and retain certain revenues or profits.
- A simple, unsophisticated person; a bumpkin.
American cookery expert who edited the Boston Cooking School Cook Book (1896), which has undergone many revisions as the Fannie Farmer Cookbook.
, James Leonard 1920-1999.
American civil rights leader who founded the Congress of Racial Equality (1942), served as its national director (1961-1966), and advocated nonviolent forms of protest.
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