\Farm"er\, n. [Cf. F. fermier.]
One who farms; as:
(a) One who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of
    leased ground; a tenant. --Smart.
(b) One who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who
    cultivates a farm; an agriculturist; a husbandman.
(c) One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to
    collect, either paying a fixed annuual rent for the
    privilege; as, a farmer of the revenues.
(d) (Mining) The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot
    and cope of the crown.
{Farmer-general} [F. fermier-general], 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.
{Farmers' satin}, a light material of cotton and worsted,
   used for coat linings. --McElrath.
{The king's farmer} (O. Eng. Law), one to whom the collection
   of a royal revenue was farmed out. --Burrill.