# farm team

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A minor league baseball, ice hockey or other sports team, especially one concerned with player development.

## Etymology
A reference to the fact that many minor league teams in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were in small towns in rural areas.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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