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Farmer
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. One who farms; as:
2. One who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leased ground; a tenant. Smart.
3. One who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who cultivates a farm; an agriculturist; a husbandman.
4. 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.