farmer generaln.

Brit.

/ˌfɑːmə ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/,

/ˌfɑːmə ˈdʒɛn(ə)rl̩/, U.S.

/ˌfɑrmər ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/

Inflections: Plural farmers general, farmer generals.

Forms: see farmer n.² and general adj. and n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: farmer n.², general adj.

Etymology: < farmer n.² + general adj., after French fermier-général (early 17th cent. or earlier).

Now chiefly historical.

In pre-revolutionary France and its overseas territories: a person who rents the right to set and collect the taxes or duties of a particular district on behalf of the king, retaining a share of the revenue. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trader > agent or broker > [noun] > concession-holder

farmer general1608

concessionary1812

concessionaire1839

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > tax collection > [noun] > tax-collector > farmer of revenue

farmera1325

renter1588

financier1595

undertaker1602

financer1604

farmer general1608

under-farmera1751

1608 T. Milles Custumers Alphabet & Primer sig. K.1^v These [huxters], some call particular Farmers, some Farmers generall, some Undertakers with Farmers, not so much of Customes, as they would pretend, as of the Subsidies afore said, called Tonnage and Pondage.

1629 tr. A. Coëffier Lett. in tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Remaines (1658) 14 To Monsieur Charlot, Farmer Generall of the Taxes [Fr. Fermier General des Gabelles].

1696 tr. G. de Courtilz de Sandras Mem. Count de Rochefort 313 Great disturbance follow'd, and the Farmer General seiz'd his Goods for want of payment.

1703 tr. L. de Lahontan New Voy. N.-Amer. I. 54 The Merchant gets 25 per Cent. upon his Beaver-skins by carrying them to the Office of the Farmers General.

1753 London Daily Advertiser 20 Apr. M. Brissart, one of our richest Farmer Generals, died last Saturday.

1892 Daily News 28 Apr. 5/1 The right to sell programmes at 6d. is farmed out..and the farmer is often a farmer-general whose privilege includes a whole batch of theatres.

2007 Musical Times Summer 62 The future Regent..oriented French music towards new and promising horizons, horizons which the financier Crozat and the farmer general La Pouplinière would support later on.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	farmer general
释义	farmer generaln. Brit. /ˌfɑːmə ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/, /ˌfɑːmə ˈdʒɛn(ə)rl̩/, U.S. /ˌfɑrmər ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/ Inflections: Plural farmers general, farmer generals. Forms: see farmer n.² and general adj. and n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: farmer n.², general adj. Etymology: < farmer n.² + general adj., after French fermier-général (early 17th cent. or earlier). Now chiefly historical. In pre-revolutionary France and its overseas territories: a person who rents the right to set and collect the taxes or duties of a particular district on behalf of the king, retaining a share of the revenue. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > agent or broker > [noun] > concession-holder farmer general1608 concessionary1812 concessionaire1839 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > tax collection > [noun] > tax-collector > farmer of revenue farmera1325 renter1588 financier1595 undertaker1602 financer1604 farmer general1608 under-farmera1751 1608 T. Milles Custumers Alphabet & Primer sig. K.1^v These [huxters], some call particular Farmers, some Farmers generall, some Undertakers with Farmers, not so much of Customes, as they would pretend, as of the Subsidies afore said, called Tonnage and Pondage. 1629 tr. A. Coëffier Lett. in tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Remaines (1658) 14 To Monsieur Charlot, Farmer Generall of the Taxes [Fr. Fermier General des Gabelles]. 1696 tr. G. de Courtilz de Sandras Mem. Count de Rochefort 313 Great disturbance follow'd, and the Farmer General seiz'd his Goods for want of payment. 1703 tr. L. de Lahontan New Voy. N.-Amer. I. 54 The Merchant gets 25 per Cent. upon his Beaver-skins by carrying them to the Office of the Farmers General. 1753 London Daily Advertiser 20 Apr. M. Brissart, one of our richest Farmer Generals, died last Saturday. 1892 Daily News 28 Apr. 5/1 The right to sell programmes at 6d. is farmed out..and the farmer is often a farmer-general whose privilege includes a whole batch of theatres. 2007 Musical Times Summer 62 The future Regent..oriented French music towards new and promising horizons, horizons which the financier Crozat and the farmer general La Pouplinière would support later on. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1608
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