farmer

Significado

1. Someone or something that farms, as:
2. Someone or something that farms, as:
3. One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent.
4. The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown.
5. (slang) A regular person; someone who did not receive a prestigious scholarship.
6. A baby farmer (operator of a rural orphanage).

Con guión como

farm‧er

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/

Etimología

From Middle English fermour (“a steward, bailliff, collector of taxes”), from Old French fermier (“a farmer, a lessee, husbandman, bailliff”), from Medieval Latin firmarius (“one to whom land is rented, a collector of taxes, deputy”), from firma; equivalent to farm + -er. Compare Old English feormere (“a purveyor of a guild, a supplier of food, a grocer, farmer”). More at farm.