Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A woman who farms; a farmer's wife.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A woman who farms.
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- noun dated A
female farmer .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Yes'm, I don't doubt it," agreed Jack, when he had assimilated this remarkable information, "but how come a farmer and a farmeress have time to give lessons in fishing?"
Rainbow Hill Josephine Lawrence
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"And his wife is the tenant farmeress," said Sarah importantly.
Rainbow Hill Josephine Lawrence
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The farmeress (if I may be permitted to add a new word to our vocabulary) was uprooting her garden flowers and throwing them away.
Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910
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And Parleyvoo Pickens, the wrong reverend, writes out a marriage certificate, and farmer and farmeress sign it as witnesses.
The Gentle Grafter O. Henry 1886
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And farmer grins, and has in cider, and says "B'gum!" and farmeress sniffles a bit and pats the bride on the shoulder.
The Gentle Grafter O. Henry 1886
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Besides her poultry and pigs my farmeress had not much to show me; but a plot of flowers for market, a little corn, and a few olive trees added grist to the mill.
In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877
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In one of our afternoon rambles we overtook a farmeress, and accepted an invitation to accompany her home.
In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877
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I have no doubt that an English farmeress in her circumstances would have the neatest little parlour, a tidy maid to wait upon her, and most likely take afternoon tea in a black silk gown.
East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877
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On the subject of agriculture I have occasionally dwelt at more length, being somewhat of a farmeress, as Arthur Young styles it, and having now studied a considerable portion of France from an agricultural point of view.
The Roof of France Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877
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They managed it together, and they had divided their mother's clothes, and also her rings and ear-rings, her gold skull-cap and head-band and pins, -- the heirlooms of a Dutch farmeress.
Mary's Meadow And Other Tales of Fields and Flowers Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863
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