Fermor
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[L. Fr. fermer; L. Lat. firmarius, qq. v.] A lessee; one who held a ferm or term. Hence the modern farmer. Held to be not a good addition.
Yearbook, T. 28 Hen. VI. 4. ' See Farmer, Firmarius.