[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

farmer \farm"er\ faumrm"~er, n. cf. f. fermier.
   one who farms; as:
   a one who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of
       leased ground; a tenant. --smart.
   b one who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who
       cultivates a farm; an agriculturist; a husbandman.
   c one who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to
       collect, either paying a fixed annuual rent for the
       privilege; as, a farmer of the revenues.
   d mining the lord of the field, or one who farms the lot
       and cope of the crown.
       1913 webster

   farmer-general f. fermier-general, one to whom the right
      of levying certain taxes, in a particular district, was
      farmed out, under the former french monarchy, for a given
      sum paid down.

   farmers' satin, a light material of cotton and worsted,
      used for coat linings. --mcelrath.

   the king's farmer o. eng. law, one to whom the collection
      of a royal revenue was farmed out. --burrill.
      1913 webster
see also:
farmer-general farmers' satin the king's farmer 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

farmer
     n 1: a person who operates a farm syn: husbandman, granger,
          sodbuster
     2: united states civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the
        congress of racial equality born in 1920 syn: james
        leonard farmer
     3: an expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many
        editions 1857-1915 syn: fannie farmer, fannie
        merritt farmer
see also:
husbandman granger sodbuster james leonard farmer fannie farmer fannie merritt farmer 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

81 moby thesaurus words for "farmer":
   bauer, internal revenue service, accumulator, agriculturalist,
   agriculturist, agrologist, agronomist, assessor, bill collector,
   boor, bucolic, bumpkin, clod, clodhopper, clown, coffee-planter,
   collection agent, collective farm worker, collector, connoisseur,
   country bumpkin, crofter, cropper, cultivator, customhouse,
   customs, dirt farmer, douanier, dry farmer, dunner, exciseman,
   farm laborer, farmhand, gatherer, gentleman farmer, granger,
   grower, harvester, harvestman, haymaker, hayseed, hick, hillbilly,
   husbandman, kibbutznik, kolkhoznik, kulak, looby, lout, magpie,
   miser, muzhik, pack rat, peasant, peasant holder, picker, planter,
   plowboy, plowman, publican, raiser, rancher, ranchman, reaper,
   revenuer, rube, rustic, sharecropper, sower, tax assessor,
   tax collector, tax farmer, taxer, taxman, tea-planter,
   tenant farmer, tiller, tree farmer, truck farmer, yeoman, yokel

[4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

farmer. one who is lessee of a farm. it is said that every lessee for life 
or years, although it be but of a small house and land, is called farmer. 
this word implies no mystery except it be that of husbandman. cunn. dict.
h.t. in common parlance, a farmer is one who cultivates a farm, whether he be

the owner of it or not. 

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

farmer, nc
  zip codes: 27203
farmer, sd town, fips 21060
  location: 43.72477 n, 97.68815 w
  population 1990: 23 12 housing units
  area: 1.3 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 57311

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

farmer, sd -- u.s. town in south dakota
   population 2000:    18
   housing units 2000: 10
   land area 2000:     0.063721 sq. miles 0.165037 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.063721 sq. miles 0.165037 sq. km
   fips code:            21060
   located within:       south dakota sd, fips 46
   location:             43.724747 n, 97.688492 w
   zip codes 1990:     57311
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    farmer, sd
    farmer

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