Their livestock might be put in charge of one selected local farmer.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Most British farmers remain heavily reliant on subsidies.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It's not as if we're helping our own farmers by doing so.
The Sun (2016)
But most small farmers in rural Derbyshire couldn't.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The average British farmer makes more money from European subsidies than from farming.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
British farmers received nearly 3 billion in direct subsidies from Brussels.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There are many sheep farmers here but not a single driving instructor.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This is supposed to help its farmers to compete with producers from countries offering large export subsidies.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
My father was the farmer and my mother did all the cooking on an open fire.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
British sheep farmers were recently getting not much more than that for the whole animal.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Who would be a dairy farmer these days?
The Sun (2015)
Pressure on small farmers forced out of their unprofitable holdings was particularly bitter.
Frank Welsh THE FOUR NATIONS: A History of the United Kingdom (2002)
The local economy and local farmers benefit too.
The Sun (2011)
The snowstorm was especially horrendous for sheep farmers as lambs were buried under snow.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
My father was a farmer and my mother a housewife.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Whether dairy farmers will vote for him is another matter.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The food comes from local farmers and the recipes from their grandmothers.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The snowstorm came at a particularly bad time for sheep farmers as lambs were buriedunder snow.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
None of this helps the farmers much.
David Boyle AUTHENTICITY: Brands, Fakes, Spin and the Lust for Real Life (2003)
The only sign of activity is a flock of sheep owned by a neighbouring white farmer who leases the unused grazing.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
If well managed, a big plantation gave its owner important competitive advantages over the small farmer.
Garraty, John Arthur The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995)
Su led a campaign for the farmers' legal rights.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
His father was a farmer, working on tea plantations and selling goats.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Or to the British livestock farmer.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Isn't it time we had fair trade for British hill farmers?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In other languages
farmer
British English: farmer /ˈfɑːmə/ NOUN
A farmer is a person who owns or manages a farm.
American English: farmer
Arabic: مُزارِع
Brazilian Portuguese: fazendeiro
Chinese: 农夫
Croatian: farmer
Czech: farmář
Danish: landmand
Dutch: boer persoon
European Spanish: granjero
Finnish: maanviljelijä
French: fermier
German: Bauer
Greek: αγρότης
Italian: contadino
Japanese: 農場主
Korean: 농부
Norwegian: gårdbruker
Polish: rolnik
European Portuguese: agricultor
Romanian: fermier
Russian: фермер
Latin American Spanish: agricultor
Swedish: jordbrukare
Thai: ชาวนา
Turkish: çiftçi
Ukrainian: фермер
Vietnamese: trang chủ chủ trang trại
All related terms of 'farmer'
dirt farmer
a poor farmer who works his or her own land usually without assistance
fish farmer
someone who rears fish for commercial purposes
hill farmer
a farmer on a hill farm
pig farmer
a farmer who keeps and rears pigs
arable farmer
a farmer who grows arable crops
claims farmer
a middleman who encourages people to make compensation claims and who then sells these claims on to a lawyer
dairy farmer
a farmer who has a herd producing milk
fruit farmer
somebody who farms or grows fruit
hobby farmer
a person who runs a farm as a hobby rather than a means of making a living
sheep farmer
a person who keeps sheep on a farm
tenant farmer
a person who farms land rented from another, the rent usually taking the form of part of the crops grown or livestock reared
yeoman farmer
a man who farmed his own land
farmer-general
(in France before 1789) a member of a group allowed to farm certain taxes
poultry farmer
a person who rears domestic fowls , esp chickens , for their eggs or meat
farmer's lung
inflammation of the alveoli of the lungs caused by an allergic response to fungal spores in hay
gentleman-farmer
a man who engages in farming but does not depend on it for his living
subsistence farmer
a farmer who consumes most of the produce he or she grows, leaving little or nothing to be marketed
land-poor farmer
a farmer who owns much unprofitable land and lacks the money to maintain its fertility or improve it
Pitt Street Farmer
a person from the city who invests in farms , land , etc
Collins Street Farmer
a person from the city who invests in farms , land , etc
farmer in the dell
a children's game, accompanied by a song with several verses , in which one person, designated as the farmer , occupies the center of a circle of persons and is joined in the circle by other players designated as wife , child, nurse , cat , rat , and cheese , these then leaving the circle in order except for the one designated as cheese, who is left standing alone in the circle at the end
Queen Street Farmer
a person from the city who runs a farm , often for a tax loss
poultry dealer
a person who rears domestic fowls , esp chickens , for their eggs or meat
farm cheese
a mild , firm pressed cheese
dry farming
a system of growing crops in arid or semiarid regions without artificial irrigation, by reducing evaporation and by special methods of tillage
baby farm
a place that houses and takes care of babies for a fee
stock farm
a farm on which livestock is bred
tank farming
→ hydroponics
truck farm
a market garden
Chinese translation of 'farmer'
farmer
(ˈfɑːməʳ)
n(c)
农(農)民 (nóngmín) (个(個), gè)
(noun)
Definition
a person who owns or manages a farm
He was a simple farmer scratching a living from the soil.
Synonyms
agriculturist
yeoman
smallholder
crofter (Scottish)
grazier
agriculturalist
rancher
agronomist
husbandman
cockie or cocky (Australian, New Zealand, informal)