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Added 9 October 2026

farmer

/ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/ noun

In Latin: agricola Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about farmer at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A person who operates a farm.
United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920).
An expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915).

Origin

From Middle English fermour (“a steward, bailliff, collector of taxes”), from Old French fermier (“a farmer, a lessee, husbandman, bailliff”), from Medieval Latin firmarius (“one to whom land is rented, a collector of taxes, deputy”), from firma; equivalent to farm + -er. Compare Old English feormere (“a purveyor of a guild, a supplier of food, a grocer, farmer”). More at farm.

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