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語源

From 中期英語 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 古期英語 feormere (“a purveyor of a guild, a supplier of food, a grocer, farmer”). More at farm.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈfɑː.mə/
• 韻: -ɑː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)
• ハイフネーション: farm‧er

名詞

farmer (plural farmers)

1. (agent noun) Someone or something that farms, as:
   1. A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm.

      Hyponym: (dated) peasant

      • 2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist‎, volume 405, number 8813, page 3 (Technology Quarterly):

        A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.

   2. (strictly, especially British) More specifically, a farm owner, as distinguished from a farmworker or farmhand as a hired employee thereof.

      Coordinate terms: farmworker, farmhand

2. (historical) One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent.

   a farmer of the revenues

3. (historical, mining) The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown.
4. (Singapore, slang) A regular person; someone who did not receive a prestigious scholarship.
5. (dated) A baby farmer (operator of a rural orphanage).

使用する際の注意点

Farmer is probably the last occupational descriptor to have been used as a prefix to a surname in everyday usage: e.g. Farmer Brown. This usage was common until the mid 20th century.

派生語

関連する語

派生した語

• → Kashubian: farmôrz (Canada, United States)
• → Yiddish: פֿאַרמער (farmer)

アナグラム

• framer