wealthy farmer

collocation in English

meaningsofwealthyandfarmer

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wealthy
adjective
uk
/ˈwel.θi/us
/ˈwel.θi/
rich:
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farmer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfɑː.mər/us
/ˈfɑːr.mɚ/
someone who owns or takes care of ...
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(Definition ofwealthyandfarmerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Combining this with very poor transportation, one can easily see that, even for awealthyfarmer, given the lack of even primary education, this was not feasible.
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For example, in the case of a one-third grant, thewealthyfarmercan find the necessary two-thirds to enable him to obtain that grant.
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Awealthyfarmercultivating a large area of fruitful soil is a capitalist and businessman: he has to be nowadays.
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Let there be no mistake about this being a subsidy for thewealthyfarmer—for the farmers with motor cars of whom we have been told.
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His brother meanwhile has emigrated to the other end of the world, where he has become a competent and, if he is lucky, awealthyfarmer.
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I do not believe that £5,000 will be enough to deter a verywealthyfarmerand that we should not make available to the courts a term of imprisonment.
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Borghild was the daughter of awealthyfarmerin stfold.
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He became awealthyfarmerand wine maker.
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Capote describes the governor as awealthyfarmerconscious of public opinion.
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He became awealthyfarmer, particularly noted for his large orchards.
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It could be that this treasure belonged to thewealthyfarmerand not to the church.
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He is considered awealthyfarmer, affording to have servants in the field and machines.
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Wealthy farmers used wartime profits to finance brideprice payments for second wives.
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A very substantial class of upwardly mobile and increasingly wealthy farmers became a part of the social and political landscape.
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Wealthy farmers could afford to divide their land among multiple heirs.
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Brunner was the son of awealthyfarmer, and inherited land and status.
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All the examples relating to wealthy farmers attest to this loss of the pubill's surname to the benefit of the pubilla's house.
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His father was a somewhatwealthyfarmer.
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Peter, a dissoloute student, ignores hiswealthyfarmerfather's attempts to get him to reform.
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