'Farmer' definitions:
Definition of 'farmer'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920) [syn: Farmer, James Leonard Farmer]
noun
An expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915) [syn: Farmer, Fannie Farmer, Fannie Merritt Farmer]
Definition of 'Farmer'
From: GCIDE
- Farmer \Farm"er\ (f[aum]rm"[~e]r), n. [Cf. F. fermier.] One who farms; as: (a) One who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leased ground; a tenant. --Smart. (b) One who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who cultivates a farm; an agriculturist; a husbandman. (c) 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. (d) (Mining) The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown. [1913 Webster]
- Farmer-general [F. fermier-general], one to whom the right of levying certain taxes, in a particular district, was farmed out, under the former French monarchy, for a given sum paid down.
- Farmers' satin, a light material of cotton and worsted, used for coat linings. --McElrath.
- The king's farmer (O. Eng. Law), one to whom the collection of a royal revenue was farmed out. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'farmer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accumulator,
- agriculturalist,
- agriculturist,
- agrologist,
- agronomist,
- assessor,
- Bauer,
- bill collector,
- boor,
- bucolic,
- bumpkin,
- clod,
- clodhopper,
- clown,
- coffee-planter,
- collection agent,
- collective farm worker,
- collector,
- connoisseur,
- country bumpkin,
- crofter,
- cropper,
- cultivator,
- customhouse,
- customs,
- dirt farmer,
- douanier,
- dry farmer,
- dunner,
- exciseman,
- farm laborer,
- farmhand,
- gatherer,
- gentleman farmer,
- granger,
- grower,
- harvester,
- harvestman,
- haymaker,
- hayseed,
- hick,
- hillbilly,
- husbandman,
- Internal Revenue Service,
- kibbutznik,
- kolkhoznik,
- kulak,
- looby,
- lout,
- magpie,
- miser,
- muzhik,
- pack rat,
- peasant,
- peasant holder,
- picker,
- planter,
- plowboy,
- plowman,
- publican,
- raiser,
- rancher,
- ranchman,
- reaper,
- revenuer,
- rube,
- rustic,
- sharecropper,
- sower,
- tax assessor,
- tax collector,
- tax farmer,
- taxer,
- taxman,
- tea-planter,
- tenant farmer,
- tiller,
- tree farmer,
- truck farmer,
- yeoman,
- yokel
Farmer, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Farmer, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota
Population (2000) :
18
Housing Units (2000) :
10
Land area (2000) :
0.063721 sq. miles (0.165037 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.063721 sq. miles (0.165037 sq. km)
FIPS code :
21060
Located within :
South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location :
43.724747 N, 97.688492 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
57311
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Words containing 'Farmer'
- Baby farmer,
- Farmer City,
- Farmer's satin,
- Farmer, SD,
- Farmers Branch,
- Farmers' satin,
- Gong farmer,
- Stock farmer,
- The king's farmer,
- dairy farmer,
- fannie farmer,
- farmer's calendar,
- farmer's cheese,
- farmer's lung,
- farmer's market,
- sharecrop farmer,
- small farmer,
- tenant farmer,
- tree farmer,
- Farmer City, IL,
- Farmer-general,
- Farmers Branch, TX,
- fannie merritt farmer,
- james leonard farmer,
- farmer-labor party