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How to spell farmer
Farmer is spelled F-A-R-M-E-R.
What it means: A person who grows crops or raises animals.
In a sentence: The farmer grows tasty vegetables in his big garden.
Same family: farming, farms, farmland, farmhouse, farmworker. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: Farmer comes from the Old French word “fermier,” meaning a person who collects taxes or rents. Over time in English, the meaning shifted to someone who works the land and raises crops or animals.
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