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单词 farmer
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farmer

noun

farm·​er ˈfär-mər How to pronounce farmer (audio)
1
: a person who pays a fixed sum for some privilege or source of income
2
: a person who cultivates land or crops or raises animals (such as livestock or fish)
3
: yokel, bumpkin

Synonyms

  • agriculturist
  • agriculturalist
  • agronomist
  • cultivator
  • grower
  • planter
  • tiller
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Example Sentences

My uncle has been a farmer for 60 years. a young farmer whose family has been growing wheat for many generations
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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Biographical Definition

Farmer 1 of 2

biographical name (1)

Far·​mer ˈfär-mər How to pronounce Farmer (audio)
Fannie Merritt 1857–1915 American cookery expert

Farmer

2 of 2

biographical name (2)

James Leonard 1920–1999 American civil rights leader

farmer

noun

as in cultivator
a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it a young farmer whose family has been growing wheat for many generations

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • cultivator
  • harvester
  • grower
  • agriculturist
  • agriculturalist
  • agronomist
  • planter
  • rancher
  • tiller
  • farmhand
  • reaper
  • plowman
  • homesteader
  • sharecropper
  • gleaner
  • yeoman
  • cropper
  • tenant farmer
  • gentleman farmer
  • crofter
  • campesino
  • ranchman
  • subsistence farmer
  • granger
  • field hand
  • nester
  • workfolk
  • workfolks
  • ranchero

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • nonfarmer
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