farmerfarmer / 5fB:mE /◙ noun 1. a person who owns or manages a farm • 农场主 2. [with modifier] (historical)a person to whom the collection of taxes was contracted for a fee • [史] 租税包收人
【语源】
1. late Middle English: from Old French fermier, from medieval Latin firmarius, firmator, from firma (seefarm). Sense 1 originally denoted a bailiff or steward who farmed land on the owner's behalf, or a tenant farmer