gentleman farmern.

Brit.

/ˌdʒɛntlmən ˈfɑːmə/, U.S.

/ˌdʒɛn(t)əlmən ˈfɑrmər/

Inflections: Plural gentlemen farmers.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gentleman n., farmer n.²

Etymology: < gentleman n. + farmer n.²

A country gentleman who engages in farming, typically for leisure rather than profit; esp. a landowner who owns a farm as part of his estate but who employs others to do the farm work.

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the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > gentleman farmer

gentleman farmer1616

1616 T. Gainsford Secretaries Studie 28 The plough will go vntoward, the whole family liue in confusion, and the best by-word shall be for you: a poore Gentleman Farmer.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. xi. 235 My Father was one of those whom they call Gentlemen Farmers. He had a little Estate of about 300l. a Year.

1848 Trans. N.-Y. State Agric. Soc. 1847 7 709 A gentleman farmer and myself put one of these ploughs to trial.

1938 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 10 Mar. 4/2 Jimmy Walker..is a changed man since becoming a gentleman farmer.

2011 Times 19 Nov. 105/1 While it would be correct to describe him as a gentleman farmer, he was engrossed in every aspect of the farm.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gentleman farmer
释义	gentleman farmern. Brit. /ˌdʒɛntlmən ˈfɑːmə/, U.S. /ˌdʒɛn(t)əlmən ˈfɑrmər/ Inflections: Plural gentlemen farmers. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gentleman n., farmer n.² Etymology: < gentleman n. + farmer n.² A country gentleman who engages in farming, typically for leisure rather than profit; esp. a landowner who owns a farm as part of his estate but who employs others to do the farm work. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > gentleman farmer gentleman farmer1616 1616 T. Gainsford Secretaries Studie 28 The plough will go vntoward, the whole family liue in confusion, and the best by-word shall be for you: a poore Gentleman Farmer. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. xi. 235 My Father was one of those whom they call Gentlemen Farmers. He had a little Estate of about 300l. a Year. View more context for this quotation 1848 Trans. N.-Y. State Agric. Soc. 1847 7 709 A gentleman farmer and myself put one of these ploughs to trial. 1938 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 10 Mar. 4/2 Jimmy Walker..is a changed man since becoming a gentleman farmer. 2011 Times 19 Nov. 105/1 While it would be correct to describe him as a gentleman farmer, he was engrossed in every aspect of the farm. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1616
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