Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FARM-ER, n.

1. In Great Britain, a tenant; a lessee; one who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leased ground. Shak.
2. One who takes taxes, customs, excise or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent.; as, a farmer of the revenues.
3. One who cultivates a farm; a husbandman; whether a tenant or the proprietor. United States.
4. In mining, the lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the king. Encyc.