Farmer

/'fɑ:mə/
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Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A person who operates a farm: A farmer is someone who owns, manages, or works on a farm, cultivating land, raising crops, and/or breeding livestock.
Usage
  • The word "farmer" is a countable noun. It refers to a person whose primary occupation is agriculture.
  • It is used to describe individuals engaged in various scales of farming, from small family farms to large commercial operations.
Examples
  • Noun:
    • The farmer woke up at dawn to milk the cows.
    • Local farmers are concerned about this year's drought.
    • She is a third-generation farmer who grows organic vegetables.
Advanced Usage
  • "Gentleman farmer": A person who owns and runs a farm but does not rely on it as their main source of income.
    • After retiring from the city, he became a gentleman farmer, raising a few sheep for pleasure.
  • "Dirt farmer": (Informal, often US) A farmer who works a small, often poor, farm.
    • The novel tells the story of a dirt farmer struggling during the Great Depression.
Variants and Related Words
  • Farm (n/v): The land and buildings used for growing crops and rearing animals; to cultivate land.
  • Farming (n): The activity or business of operating a farm.
  • Farmhand (n): A worker employed on a farm.
  • Farmstead (n): A farm and its buildings.
Synonyms
  • Agriculturist: A person who is an expert in agriculture.
  • Grower: A person who grows a particular type of crop.
  • Rancher: A person who owns or works on a large farm, especially one for raising cattle or sheep.
  • Cultivator: A person or thing that cultivates land.
Phrasal Verbs / Related Phrases
  • To farm out:
    • To send work to be done by someone else.
      • The company farms out its customer service operations.
    • To put a child into someone else's care.
      • In the past, poor families sometimes farmed out their children to work.
Related Idioms
  • "A farmer's market": A market where local farmers sell their produce directly to the public.
    • We buy all our fresh fruit and vegetables at the Saturday farmer's market.
  • "A farmer's tan": (Humorous) A suntan that covers only the neck and forearms, typically from working in a T-shirt outdoors.
    • After a summer of yard work, he was sporting a classic farmer's tan.
Noun
  1. an expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915)
  2. United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920)
  3. a person who operates a farm

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