gentleman-farmer

[ jen-tl-muh n-fahr-mer ]

/ ˈdʒɛn tl mənˈfɑr mər /

a man whose wealth or income from other sources permits him to farm for pleasure rather than for basic income.

a man whose income from his farm has freed him from the necessity of physical labor.

Origin of gentleman-farmer

First recorded in 1740–50

The predominant class is what one might call the gentleman-farmer, with the stress perhaps on “gentleman.”

Down the Columbia |Lewis R. Freeman
There'd only be the vicar and the local doctor, or p'r'aps a gentleman-farmer or two.

The Promise of Air |Algernon Blackwood
Of these we may specially mention Mr. Lawrence Twentyman, who was quite the gentleman-farmer.

The American Senator |Anthony Trollope
We may be allowed to think that the "gentleman-farmer" has chosen the better part.

South America To-day |Georges Clemenceau

She was very angry because Marriott, a gentleman-farmer from Ambergate, called her the little pole-cat.

The Rainbow |D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

gentleman-farmer

a person who engages in farming but does not depend on it for his living

a person who owns farmland but does not farm it personally