Farmer
Farmer (farm"ẽr) , noun
[Compare French fermier.]
(Mining) One who farms
(a)
(Mining) One who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leased ground; a tenant.
(b)
(Mining) One who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who cultivates a farm; an agriculturist; a husbandman.
(c)
(Mining) One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect, either paying a fixed annuual rent for the privilege; as, a farmer of the revenues.
(d)
(Mining) The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown. — Smart
Collocations (3)
Farmer-general , one to whom the right of levying certain taxes, in a particular district, was farmed out, under the former French monarchy, for a given sum paid down.
Farmers' satin , a light material of cotton and worsted, used for coat linings. — McElrath
The king's farmer (O. Eng. Law) , one to whom the collection of a royal revenue was farmed out. — Burrill