farmers

NOUN

person who produces crops, raises animals

Synonyms

STRONGEST

grower laborer peasant producer rancher

STRONG

agriculturalist agriculturist agronomist breeder clodhopper cob cropper cultivator feeder gardener gleaner harvester homesteader horticulturist planter plower reaper sharecropper sower tender tiller villein

WEAK

country person grazer hired hand

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farmers

Cleveland’s repeal of the 1890 Sherman Silver Purchase Act curtailed the monetary expansion that struggling farmers hoped would ease their debts, fracturing congressional Democrats and forcing the president to rely on conservative Republicans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Sometimes we’ll go to the farmers market on Fairfax, but that gets to be a little bit too busy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

But rampant poverty has driven some farmers to return to the trade.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Chef Matt Adams and his wife Becca work with a network of farmers they’ve developed over their 12 years in the area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Housewives in buttoned ankle boots and farmers in felt hats clomped in and milled about.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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