farm holdern.
/ˈfɑːm ˌhəʊldə/, U.S. /ˈfɑrm ˌhoʊldər/ Originally: a tenant of a farmhold. Later more generally: a person who owns or rents a farm.In quot. 1681 used in a burlesque translation of Homer as part of an epithet of Poseidon (see etymological note), perhaps punning on to hold to farm at farm n.2 Phrases 2.
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1681 J. Scudamore Homer Alamode: 2nd Pt. 60 Black Sir, Farm-holder of the Earth!
1686 N. Johnston Excellency Monarchical Govt. xxiii. 181 Here we certainly find the usage of Country Farmholders.
1800 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire (ed. 2) I. 357 Even a farm-holder must change his name whenever another plot of ground is given him to cultivate, unless he receive express permission from his lord to retain the old.
1890 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 3 Sept. 9/6 A farmholder..eyes you with suspicion if you roam along the fringe of his land.
1970 tr. Vedel Rep. in Current Agric. Proposals for Europe 47 The latest surveys show that the number of farm holders (owner-farmers or tenant farmers) is falling much less quickly than the number of farm workers.
2018 FT.com (Nexis) 15 Oct. Women made up only 14.9 per cent of registered farm holders in the UK in 2016.., but in many countries around the world, farmers are more likely to be women than men.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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