noun.
One who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leased ground; a tenant.
noun.
One who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who cultivates a farm; an agriculturist; a husbandman.
noun.
One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect, either paying a fixed annuual rent for the privilege.
noun.
The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown.
noun.
one to whom the right of levying certain taxes, in a particular district, was farmed out, under the former French monarchy, for a given sum paid down.
noun.
a light material of cotton and worsted, used for coat linings.
noun.
one to whom the collection of a royal revenue was farmed out.