A warm, respectful, or child-friendly way to refer to a farmer. Often used when speaking to or about farmers in a familiar, polite tone.
The farmer was working in the rice field from early morning.
The children were taught how to grow vegetables by the farmer.
Formed from 百姓 (ひゃくしょう, 'farmer') with the honorific prefix お and the polite suffix さん. The base word 百姓 originally meant 'common people' or 'peasant' in classical Japanese.