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farmer
English
Etymology
From Middle English fermor, fermer, fermour (“a steward, bailliff, collector of taxes”), partly 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, see farm; and partly from Old English feormere (“a purveyor of a guild, a supplier of food, a grocer, farmer”), from feormian (“to purvey, supply, feed”), equivalent to farm +? -er. More at farm.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /f??m?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /f??m?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)m?(?)
- Hyphenation: farm?er
Noun
farmer (plural farmers)
- A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock, especially on a farm.
- Agent noun of farm; someone or something that farms.
- Hyponym: baby farmer
- (historical) One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent.
- (historical, mining) The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown.
Usage notes
Farmer is probably the last occupational descriptor to have been used as a prefix to a surname in everyday usage: e.g. Farmer Brown. This usage was common until the mid 20th century.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- framer
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?f?rm?r]
- Hyphenation: far?mer
- Rhymes: -?r
Etymology 1
From the German Farmer, from the French fermier (“farmer”), from the Old French ferme (“farm, rental”), from the Medieval Latin ferma, firma (“rent, tribute, food, feast”), from Old English feorm (“rent, provisions, supplies, feast”). More at farm.
Noun
farmer (plural farmerek)
- farmer
Declension
See also
- földm?ves
- földm?vel?
- gazda
Etymology 2
Shortening of farmeröltözet or farmernadrág.
Adjective
farmer (not comparable)
- denim
Declension
Noun
farmer (plural farmerek)
- blue jeans
Declension
Derived terms
- farmernadrág
Polish
Etymology
From English farmer, from Middle English fermor, fermer, fermour, partly from Old French fermier, from Medieval Latin firm?rius, from Latin firma; and partly from Old English feormere, from feormian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?far.m?r/
Noun
farmer m pers (feminine farmerka)
- (agriculture) farmer (person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock)
- Synonym: rolnik
Declension
Derived terms
- (noun) farmerstwo
- (adjective) farmerski
Further reading
- farmer in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- farmer in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fârmer/
- Hyphenation: far?mer
Noun
f?rmer m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)
- farmer
Declension
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firmer
English
Etymology
firm +? -er
Adjective
firmer
- comparative form of firm: more firm
Noun
firmer (plural firmers)
- A physical exercise or cosmetic product intended to firm part of the body.
- face firmers
- A thin chisel with a tang to enter the handle instead of a socket for receiving it.
Latin
Verb
firmer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of firm?
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