Fārm'er, n.

n. [Fr. fermier, A-S. feormere.] One who farms; as, (a.) One who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leased ground; a tenant. Smart. (b.) One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent.; as, a farmer of the revenues. (c.) One who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; an agriculturist; a husbandman. (d.) (Mining.) The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the king.