gentleman farmer

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Recent Examples of gentleman farmer California’s beautiful water was tamed water, a community irrigation water system ideal for the gentleman farmer. 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 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 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 Washington was no longer a gentleman farmer nor even a general. John M. Murphy, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2020 Dior himself was a gentleman farmer, and his ornamental garden has been preserved. Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gentleman farmer
Noun
  • These opportunities weren’t universally available to all girls though, as there were barriers to entry for both African American and poor white daughters of tenant farmers and sharecroppers.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 25 July 2025
  • This was a common practice in British rule, as seen with the Irish tenant farmers, as well as in Great Britain’s dominant involvement in the slave trade.
    Tanya Talaga July 24, Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • After more than an hour on the road, the team arrived at a cluster of trailers behind a long dirt path on a grower’s property in South Haven, tight quarters where farmworkers rest after long-hour shifts picking fruit under the Michigan sun.
    David Rodriguez Muñoz, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Despite being legal, the illicit market is thriving, with only 38% of the cannabis consumed in California coming from licensed growers, according to a 2024 report released by the state Department of Cannabis Control.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Gentleman farmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gentleman%20farmer. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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