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Definition of Farmer
Farmer

One who farms

One who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leased ground; a tenant.

One who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who cultivates a farm; an agriculturist; a husbandman.

One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect, either paying a fixed annuual rent for the privilege; as, a farmer of the revenues.

The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown.

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Farmer Quotations

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of my genius, which is a very crooked one, every moment.
Henry David Thoreau

The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer... form the great body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws.
Andrew Jackson

The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer.
Will Rogers

I always wanted to be a farmer. There is a tradition of that in my family.
Bjork

It brings up happy old days when I was only a farmer and not an agriculturist.
O. Henry

Farmer Translations

farmer in Danish is landmand, bonde
farmer in Dutch is boer
farmer in French is cambrousarde, paysan, fermier
farmer in German is Bauer, Landwirt
farmer in Italian is agricoltore, contadina, contadino
farmer in Portuguese is fazendeiro
farmer in Spanish is campesino, aldeana, agricultor, aldeano, granjero
farmer in Swedish is bonde, lantbrukare, jordbrukare


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