farmer

名词 n.
/ˈfɑː.mə/    /ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone or something that farms, as:; A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm. agent
    — A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.
  2. Someone or something that farms, as:; More specifically, a farm owner, as distinguished from a farmworker or farmhand as a hired employee thereof. UK,agent,especially
  3. One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent. historical
    — a farmer of the revenues
  4. The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown. historical
  5. A regular person; someone who did not receive a prestigious scholarship. Singapore,slang
  6. A baby farmer (operator of a rural orphanage). dated

词形变化

farmers plural

词源

From Middle English fermour (“a steward, bailliff, collector of taxes”), 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; equivalent to farm + -er. Compare Old English feormere (“a purveyor of a guild, a supplier of food, a grocer, farmer”). More at farm.
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