Definition

1. Noun:
   • Farmer; Cultivator: A person whose primary occupation is cultivating land, growing crops, and/or raising livestock for food, raw materials, or income. This term broadly refers to the agricultural working class.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Nông dân đang thu hoạch lúa trên cánh đồng. (The farmers are harvesting rice in the field.)
  • Nhiều nông dân ở đây trồng cà phê. (Many farmers here grow coffee.)
  • Chính sách mới nhằm hỗ trợ đời sống của nông dân. (The new policy aims to support the lives of farmers.)

Advanced Usage

• Giai cấp nông dân: The peasantry; the farming class. This term refers to farmers as a collective social and economic class.
  • Giai cấp nông dân đóng vai trò quan trọng trong lịch sử. (The peasantry played an important role in history.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nông gia (n): A more formal or literary term for farmer.
• Nhà nông (n): A common and slightly more colloquial term for farmer, often used in agricultural contexts (e.g., - Farmers' Association).
• Tiểu nông (n): A smallholder; a peasant farmer with a small plot of land.

Synonyms

• Farmer: The most direct equivalent.
• Cultivator: Emphasizes the act of tilling and working the land.
• Agricultural worker: A broader term for anyone working in agriculture.

Related Concepts

• Nông nghiệp (n): Agriculture.
• Nông thôn (n): The countryside; rural area.
• Canh tác (v): To cultivate; to farm.

noun

1. farmer ; cultivator