farmer
a person who operates a farm
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,370 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,289 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a person who operates a farm also: husbandman, granger, sodbuster
- United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920) also: James Leonard Farmer
- an expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915) also: Fannie Farmer, Fannie Merritt Farmer
farmer in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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To supper at last the farmer goes.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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Farmer Raikes has got a very pretty young wife.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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His first thought was whether farmer might not be reasonable.
The Torch and Other Tales · Eden Phillpotts · Chapter 1
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Old Baltus Van Tassel was a perfect picture of a thriving, contented, liberal-hearted farmer.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow · Washington Irving · Chapter 1
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Hamp Biscoe, it appears, was a hard working, thrifty farmer, who lived near England, Arkansas, upon a small farm with his family.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1