See Also: shah(dictionary)
Shah(dictionary)
Masjed-e Shah(encyclopedia)
Nadir Shah(encyclopedia)
Shah (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Shah Jahan(encyclopedia)
Shah Jahan(dictionary)
Nasir al-Din Shah(encyclopedia)
Farmer(medicine)
farmer(dictionary)

Shah Jahan (oh) and Farmer (medicine)


Shah Jahan (oh)



(1592-1666) an emperor (=ruler) of northern India from 1628 to 1658, who many people consider the greatest of the Mogul family of Indian emperors. Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal and many Other impressive buildings.

Farmer (medicine)


farmer


One who farms; as:

One who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leased ground; a tenant.

One who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who cultivates a farm; an agriculturist; a husbandman.

One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or Other duties, to collect, either paying a fixed annuual rent for the privilege; as, a farmer of the revenues.

<chemical> The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown. Farmer-General [F. Fermier-General], one to whom the right of levying certain taxes, in a particular district, was farmed out, under the former French monarchy, for a given sum paid down. Farmers' satin, a light material of cotton and worsted, used for coat linings. The king's farmer, one to whom the collection of a royal revenue was farmed out.

Origin: Cf. F. Fermier.

Source: Websters Dictionary