Carl vs Farmer - What's the difference?
carl | farmer |
A rude, rustic man; a churl.
* 1974', In Lent noblemen and '''carls alike had got into the traces and pulled the carts of stone themselves. — Guy Davenport, ''Tatlin!
(obsolete) To snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly.
*, New York 2001, p.210:
*:full of ache, sorrow, and grief, children again, dizzards, they carle many times as they sit, and talk to themselves, they are angry, waspish, displeased with everything […].
A person who works the land or who keeps livestock, especially on a farm.
* {{quote-magazine, title=An internet of airborne things, date=2012-12-01, volume=405, issue=8813, page=3 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=
, passage=A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.}}
Agent noun]] of farm; someone or something that [[farm#verb, farms.
(historical) One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent.
(historical, mining) The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown.
As nouns the difference between carl and farmer
is that carl is a rude, rustic man; a churl while farmer is a person who works the land or who keeps livestock, especially on a farm.As a verb carl
is to snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly.As a proper noun Carl
is a given name derived from Germanic.carl
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) carl, from (etyl)Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
Origin uncertain.Alternative forms
* carleVerb
(en verb)Anagrams
* ----farmer
English
(wikipedia farmer)Noun
(en noun)citation
- a farmer of the revenues
