Meaning of farmer-general | Babel Free

Definitions

A member of a privileged association in France, before the French Revolution, who collected duties on behalf of the king, along with bonus fees for themselves.

historical

Examples

“In the same tone a farmer general in France, who had probably beggared a province, and whose rapacity had hastened the late revolution, exclaimed, "What need of reformation?" To such men I can make no reply […]”

CEFR level