farmerette
- noun
- /ˌfɑːrməˈrɛt/
- Archaic
:
agricultora
- She worked as a farmerette every summer throughout her college years.
Examples
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The farmerette harvested vegetables early in the morning.
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During World War I, many farmerettes replaced men who had gone to fight.
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The local newspaper ran a story about the hardworking farmerettes harvesting crops.
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Many farmerettes work hard to support their families.
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The farmerette spent her days planting crops and tending to the animals on the farm.
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As a dedicated farmerette, she enjoyed harvesting fresh produce every season.
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The young farmerette learned valuable skills from her mother while working on the family farm.
Synonyms
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1.1
A person who works on a farm doing jobs like planting or harvesting
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3.0
A person paid to work on a farm doing hard work
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1.6
A person who works on a farm doing physical tasks like planting and caring for animals
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6.3
A person who supports or works in farming
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3.2
A person who works on a farm doing manual tasks like planting and harvesting
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7.5
A small farmer who grows and gathers food plants
A woman who works on a farm or ranch for pay
A woman who lives on and works a farm growing crops or caring for animals
A woman who works on a farm growing crops or caring for animals
A person who works on a farm doing physical work in the fields
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Farmerette joins farmer and the French ending -ette, which means 'small' or 'female'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of kitchenette, where -ette makes something smaller or a smaller kind of thing, so farmerette came to mean a woman who works on a farm.