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noun
a person who raises crops and tends animals; a farmer
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a person who operates a farm
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: farmer, granger, sodbuster
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: creator
Narrower terms: contadino, agriculturist, agriculturalist, cultivator, grower, raiser, beekeeper, apiarist, apiculturist, dairyman, dairy farmer, forester, tree farmer, arboriculturist, planter, plantation owner, rancher, smallholder, small farmer, sower, stockman, stock raiser, stock farmer, tenant farmer, tiller
History
From Middle English husbandman, husbondman, equivalent to husband + -man.
