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My uncle has been a farmer for 60 years.
a young farmer whose family has been growing wheat for many generations
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Issei were acutely aware of negative attitudes in Japan toward poor farmers who had left the country.
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H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 1 July 2024
Pieces of a Dragon spacecraft also fell over Colorado last year, and a farmer in Australia found debris from a Dragon capsule on his land in 2022.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 29 June 2024
The property encompasses the main residence, built in 1910 by the scion of an early Ojai land developer and citrus farmer, along with a late-19th-century farmhouse and barn, all set among avocado and orange groves.
—Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 28 June 2024
And the farmer wants to be compensated ... for those good practices.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2024
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H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 1 July 2024
Pieces of a Dragon spacecraft also fell over Colorado last year, and a farmer in Australia found debris from a Dragon capsule on his land in 2022.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 29 June 2024
The property encompasses the main residence, built in 1910 by the scion of an early Ojai land developer and citrus farmer, along with a late-19th-century farmhouse and barn, all set among avocado and orange groves.
—Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 28 June 2024
And the farmer wants to be compensated ... for those good practices.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for farmer
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“Farmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/farmer. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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farmer
noun
farm·er
ˈfär-mər 
: a person who cultivates land or crops or raises animals
Biographical Definition
Farmer 1 of 2
biographical name (1)
Far·mer
ˈfär-mər
Fannie Merritt 1857–1915 American cookery expert
Farmer
2 of 2biographical name (2)
James Leonard 1920–1999 American civil rights leader
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