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2. Noun. (plural of farmer) ¹

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Definition of Farmers

1. farmer [n] - See also: farmer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Farmers

Literary usage of Farmers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report by Illinois Highway Commission (1913)
"The following resolutions passed by the State Farmers' Institute at their annual meetings in 1910, 1911 and 1912 will prove of interest as illustrating ..."

2. The History of Political Parties in the Province of New York, 1760-1776 by Carl Lotus Becker (1904)
"5 At the present time, however, the former are called "yeomen farmers," the latter, "tenant farmers." In order to appreciate the extent to which the yeomen ..."

3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"It was further agreed that the Farmers' Supply Company was to retain title ... Thereupon the Farmers' Supply Company filed its bill in chancery against the ..."

4. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1912)
"Reply of Farmers' Bank of Canton to auditor's circular of Dec. ... Articles of incorporation of Farmers' Bank and Trust Co. disapproved; opinion of atty. ..."

5. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1905)
"The Sacramento River farmers raise large quantities of fruit and other produce, a portion of which is shipped to the Eastern markets, but the great bulk is ..."

6. The Yale Review by Yale University, George Park Fisher, George Burton Adams, Henry Walcott Farnam, Arthur Twining Hadley, John Christopher Schwab, William Fremont Blackman, Edward Gaylord Bourne, Irving Fisher, Henry Crosby Emery, Wilbur Lucius Cross (1894)
"For the present, however, the unrest amo f the laborers is overshadowed by an unrest among the lant farmers, the like of which has never been ..."

7. Index of Economic Material in the Documents of the States of the United by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse, Carnegie Institution of Washington. Dept. of Economics and Sociology (1912)
"Res. adopted at state Farmers' Institute favoring local option on turnpike roads, ... To the farmers of Ohio.] Text of speech of Hon. WP Brownlow of Tenn. ..."

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