FARMER - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Noun
a person who operates a farm
Categories: Creator
📖 Fun Facts About Farmer
- • A farmer is a person who grows crops or takes care of farm land.
Meaning 2
Part of speech: Noun
United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920)
Meaning 3
Part of speech: Noun
an expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915)
Synonyms
James leonard farmer, Fannie farmer, Granger, Fannie merritt farmer, Husbandman
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "farmer" comes from Old English feormere. It started in Medieval Latin firmarius. Then it appeared in Old French fermier. Later, people used it in Middle English fermour.
🔗 Related Words
farm – A related word in the same word family.
-er – A related word in the same word family.
farm – A related word in the same word family.
🧩 Fun Fact
Each language in this chain added phonetic changes that transformed the original sound.