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farmer

 
 
/ˈfɑːmər/ noun [C]

Definition

someone who owns or runs a farm, especially as a business: Local farmers say they are being forced off their land to make way for developers. a prosperous sheep farmer Small Central American farmers find it difficult to compete with US rice growers.
(Definition of farmer noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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