gentleman farmer
noun
plural gentlemen farmers
: a man who farms mainly for pleasure rather than for profit
Examples of gentleman farmer in a Sentence
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California’s beautiful water was tamed water, a community irrigation water system ideal for the gentleman farmer.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
And if tuning out entirely isn’t your speed, such activities as foraging, beekeeping, flower collecting, and focaccia baking are all available to bolster the gentleman farmer vibe.
—Leena Kim, Town & Country, 18 June 2023
Saint Isidore is depicted as a 19th-century hidalgo, or gentleman farmer, with a giant staff loosening a gush of water from the earth for the peasants at his feet.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023
And Rutherford is a gentleman farmer of sorts.
—Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2021
Peter seems the classic gentleman farmer.
—Allan Ripp, WSJ, 24 June 2021
After attending medical school in the 1740s, Hutton opted to become a gentleman farmer.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2017
As the daughter of a gentleman farmer, Em grew up mucking stalls, chopping wood and cleaning the chicken coup.
—Alex Belth, Good Housekeeping, 22 July 2022
Washington was no longer a gentleman farmer nor even a general.
—John M. Murphy, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2020
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
And if tuning out entirely isn’t your speed, such activities as foraging, beekeeping, flower collecting, and focaccia baking are all available to bolster the gentleman farmer vibe.
—Leena Kim, Town & Country, 18 June 2023
Saint Isidore is depicted as a 19th-century hidalgo, or gentleman farmer, with a giant staff loosening a gush of water from the earth for the peasants at his feet.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023
And Rutherford is a gentleman farmer of sorts.
—Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2021
Peter seems the classic gentleman farmer.
—Allan Ripp, WSJ, 24 June 2021
After attending medical school in the 1740s, Hutton opted to become a gentleman farmer.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2017
As the daughter of a gentleman farmer, Em grew up mucking stalls, chopping wood and cleaning the chicken coup.
—Alex Belth, Good Housekeeping, 22 July 2022
Washington was no longer a gentleman farmer nor even a general.
—John M. Murphy, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2020
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First Known Use
1616, in the meaning defined above
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