Noun

(en noun)

A person who works the land or who keeps livestock, especially on a farm.

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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.

a farmer of the revenues

(historical, mining) The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown.

Noun

(en noun)

(agriculture) A vertical building, usually circular, used for the storage of grain.

(military) An underground bunker used to hold missiles which may be launched.

(pejorative, management) An organizational unit that has poor interaction with other units, negatively affecting overall performance.

* 2006 , Albert J. Mills, Jean C. Helms Mills, John Bratton, Organizational Behaviour in a Global Context , Page 116

A silo is created when members in one department or function do not interact with those in another department, even though there might be operational benefits to the interaction.

(pejorative, informatics) A structure in the information system that is poorly networked with other structures, with data exchange hampered.

Our networking is organized in silos, and employees lose time manually transferring data.