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Meaning of Farmer | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈfɑɹ.mɚ

Definitions

  1. Someone or something that farms, as:
    agent
  2. A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm.
    agent
  3. A surname.
    countable, uncountable
  4. More specifically, a farm owner, as distinguished from a farmworker or farmhand as a hired employee thereof.
    British, agent, especially
  5. the Soviet MiG 19 aircraft.
    countable, uncountable
  6. One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent.
    historical
  7. A placename in the United States:
    countable, uncountable
  8. A township in Rice County, Kansas.
    countable, uncountable
  9. The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown.
    historical
  10. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Missouri.
    countable, uncountable
  11. A regular person; someone who did not receive a prestigious scholarship.
    Singapore, slang
  12. An unincorporated community in Randolph County, North Carolina.
    countable, uncountable
  13. A baby farmer (operator of a rural orphanage).
    dated
  14. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Defiance County, Ohio.
    countable, uncountable
  15. A small town in Hanson County, South Dakota.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Afrikaans Boer
Azərbaycanca kəndli
Беларуская селяні́н
Български фермер фермерка
বাংলা কৃষক
བོད་སྐད ཞིང་པ
Català granger
Dansk bonde landmand
Esperanto farmisto
Eesti talunik
Gaeilge feirmeoir
Gàidhlig tuathanach
Galego granxeiro
Magyar földműves gazda paraszt termelő
Հայերեն ֆերմեր
Bahasa Indonesia cacah petani peternak
Íslenska bóndi
日本語 のうふ 耕夫 農夫 農家 農民
Қазақша диқан шаруа
한국어 농부 농사꾼
Latina agricola
ລາວ ຊາວນາ
Lietuvių ūkininkas
Latviešu saimniece saimnieks
Монгол тариачин
मराठी शेतकरी
Bahasa Melayu peladang ڤکبون ڤلادڠ ڤنترنق
Malti bidwi
မြန်မာဘာသာ တောင်သူ လယ်သမား
Nederlands Boer boerin landbouwer veehouder
پښتو بزګر
Română fermier fermieră
සිංහල ගමරාළ
Slovenčina poľnohospodár
Slovenščina kmet
Shqip arar bujk dardhan
Sesotho molemi
Svenska bonde plöjare
Kiswahili mkulima
Türkmençe daýhan
Tagalog magsasaka
Türkçe çiftçi Ekinci zari ziraatçı
ئۇيغۇرچە دېھقان
اردو دہقان کسان
Tiếng Việt nông dân nông gia nông phu

Examples

“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.”
“a farmer of the revenues”
“It all started when Nick Farmer bought George R. R. Martin a drink, but the plot really thickened when the linguist met Martin’s then-assistant Ty Franck.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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