late 14c., "one who collects taxes, etc.," from Anglo-French fermer, Old French fermier "lease-holder," from Medieval Latin firmarius, from firma "fixed payment" (see farm (n.)). In the agricultural sense, 1590s, replacing native churl and husbandman.
例文
1. Mr Farmer and Mrs Jones both admitted conspiring to murder her husband.
ファーマー氏とジョーンズ夫人は、共謀してジョーンズ氏を殺したことを認めている。
2.A farmer is entitled to a certain particularized tax treatment.
農民は特定の税金待遇を受けることができる。
3.Lambing is the climax of the sheep farmer 's year.
1年のうち、子羊期が最も羊農家を喜ばせた。
4.This recipe was given to me years ago by a farmer 's wife.
このレシピは農民の妻が数年前にくれたものです。
5.At first glance,organic farming looks much more expensive for the farmer .