เกษตรกร
farmer
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- 1 farmer、agricultural worker
This word broadly refers to someone who works in agriculture, including crop growers and livestock farmers. It is especially common in news, government, and policy contexts.
farmer、agricultural worker
A person whose occupation involves agriculture, without limiting the term to a particular crop or type of farming.
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พ่อของฉันเป็นเกษตรกร phɔ̂ɔ khɔ̌ɔŋ chǎn pen kasèettrakɔɔn My father is a farmer. พ่อของฉันเป็นเกษตรกร details
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รัฐบาลช่วยเหลือเกษตรกร rátthabaan chûay lʉ̌a kasèettrakɔɔn The government supports farmers. รัฐบาลช่วยเหลือเกษตรกร details
Learning notes
Explanation
เกษตรกร is a neutral occupational term for a person who works in agriculture. It is natural in everyday speech but is particularly common in news reports, government communications, statistics, and discussions of agricultural policy. It is a Sanskrit-derived word formed from เกษตร, relating to agriculture, and กร, indicating a person who performs an activity. The term is broad enough to cover crop growers, orchard farmers, and livestock farmers. The usual classifier for counting individual farmers is คน, as in เกษตรกรสามคน (“three farmers”). ราย may also be used in official or statistical contexts.
Usage
It is used when stating someone’s occupation, as in เป็นเกษตรกร (“to be a farmer”), and when discussing government assistance, farmers’ income, crop prices, drought, and other agricultural issues.
Caution
เกษตรกร refers to a person, not agriculture as an industry or activity; use เกษตร or การเกษตร for “agriculture.” It also does not by itself mean a farmhouse or an entire farming household.
Differences from similar words
1 farmer synonyms
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ชาวนา specifically means a rice farmer who works in paddy fields. เกษตรกร is broader and can refer to farmers working with many kinds of crops or livestock.
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ชาวไร่ refers more specifically to someone who grows field or plantation crops. เกษตรกร is the broader occupational term and also covers other forms of farming.