Definition

Noun: - Rich farmer: A person who owns farmland but performs only part of the labor themselves, relying on hiring others (e.g., poor peasants or farmhands) to work the remaining land. This term historically implies a class position involving the exploitation of hired labor.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trong cải cách ruộng đất, giai cấp phú nông bị xếp vào thành phần bóc lột. (During land reform, the rich farmer class was categorized as an exploiting element.)
  • Ông ta là một phú nông trong làng, vừa tự cày cấy vừa thuê thêm nhân công. (He is a rich farmer in the village, both farming himself and hiring additional laborers.)

Advanced Usage

• This term carries specific historical and socio-economic connotations, particularly from the mid-20th century in Vietnam. It is often used in political and historical contexts to describe a rural class between the landlord () and the middle peasant ().

Variants and Related Words

• Địa chủ (noun): Landlord; a person who owns much land and rents it out to tenants, typically not engaging in manual labor themselves.
• Trung nông (noun): Middle peasant; a farmer who owns land and is self-sufficient, neither exploiting others nor being exploited.
• Bần nông (noun): Poor peasant; a farmer with little or no land, often forced to work for others.

Synonyms

• Kulak (noun): A Russian term for a wealthy peasant, often used in similar historical and political contexts.
• Paysan riche (noun): French for "rich peasant."

Notes on Meaning

• The term phú nông is not a simple descriptor of wealth but a specific class label. It distinguishes a farmer who is personally involved in labor from a pure landlord () but who also exploits the labor of others to a significant degree. Its usage today is largely historical or analytical.

noun

1. rich farmer