farmer
/ˈfɑːmə
/noun
1A person who owns or manages a farm.It helped farmers and farm owners to stay in their property with government help....
- The yield may not be large but farmers manage to feed their family and make a living.
- I have made the choice to be a farmer and to manage a finite renewable resource such as water.
Synonyms
agriculturalist, agronomist, smallholder, grazier, farmhand, countryman, son/daughter of the soil;
Scottish crofter;
North American rancher
Australian/New Zealand informal cocky
archaic yeoman, husbandman
2 historical 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). sense 1 originally denoted a bailiff or steward who farmed land on the owner's behalf, or a tenant farmer.