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gen·tle·man-farm·er
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gentlemen-farmers
noun
a man who farms mainly for pleasure rather than for profit
The first known use of gentleman farmer was in 1616
1 California’s beautiful water was tamed water, a community irrigation water system ideal for the gentleman farmer.
2 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.
3 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.
4 And Rutherford is a gentleman farmer of sorts.
5 Peter seems the classic gentleman farmer.
6 After attending medical school in the 1740s, Hutton opted to become a gentleman farmer.
7 As the daughter of a gentleman farmer, Em grew up mucking stalls, chopping wood and cleaning the chicken coup.
8 Washington was no longer a gentleman farmer nor even a general.