Usage Note
Fermier refers specifically to a tenant farmer who leases land, but in everyday use it broadly means any farmer. The adjective use poulet fermier ('free-range chicken') or beurre fermier ('farmhouse butter') is very common on French food labels. The feminine form is fermière.
Examples
"Le fermier nourrit ses animaux chaque matin."
Natural Translation
The farmer feeds his animals every morning.
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