gentleman farmer

noun

|Updated on: 21 Jun 2018

Definition of gentleman farmer

plural gentlemen farmers

: a man who farms mainly for pleasure rather than for profit

Recent Examples of gentleman farmer from the Web

The best gentleman farmer, in bib overalls, with starched shirts and a camera in one hand and a toddler in the other…trying to grow life and love in the soil God planted me in.

— rory feek, Country Living, "Rory Feek on Growing After His Wife Joey's Death—and Taking on the Garden She Loved so Much," 14 June 2018
Originally intended as spacious lodgings for an officer in the local army regiment, the building later housed generations of gentlemen farmers before falling into disrepair in the mid-20th century.

— j.s. marcus, WSJ, "A Swedish Mansion Once Home to Army Officers and a Nobleman," 18 Oct. 2017
The listing suggests becoming either an executive farmer or a gentleman farmer.

— shannon rooney, Philly.com, "Plenty of room to enjoy autumn on these New Hope properties," 2 Oct. 2017

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