Sc. Obs. Forms: 6 fermorar, 7 fermarer, -orer. [f. fermer, FARMER2 + -ER1.] = FARMER sb.2 2 and 3.
a. 1572. Knox, Hist. Ref., IV. (1632), 298. Thair Factours and Fermorars.
1609. Skene, Reg. Maj., Stat. David II., 43. Fermorers borne of husband men … may not ficht for the libertie of their predicessours. Ibid., Table 79, Fermarer, or tenent to any man.
