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Webster 1913 Edition
Farmer
Farm′er
(färm′ẽr)
, Noun.
[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.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Farmer
F'ARMER
, n.1.
In Great Britain, a tenant; a lessee; one who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leased ground.2.
One who takes taxes, customs, excise or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent; as a farmer of the revenues.3.
One who cultivates a farm; a husbandman; whether a tenant or the proprietor.4.
In mining, the lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the king.