farmer
noun
[ ˈfɑːmə ]
• a person who owns or manages a farm.
Similar:
agriculturalist,
agronomist,
smallholder,
grazier,
farmhand,
countryman,
son/daughter of the soil,
crofter,
rancher,
cocky,
yeoman,
husbandman,
• a person to whom the collection of taxes was contracted for a fee.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French fermier, from medieval Latin firmarius, firmator, from firma (see farm). farmer (sense 1) originally denoted a bailiff or steward who farmed land on the owner's behalf, or a tenant farmer.
