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ˈgentleman-ˈfarmer
A country gentleman engaged in farming, usually on his own estate; a farmer who holds a better social position than the generality of his class.
1749Fielding Tom Jones viii. xi, My father was one of those whom they call gentlemen-farmers. He had a little estate of about 300l. a year. 1802Edin. Rev. I. 111 The scarcity was produced by the higher order of farmers, whom he calls Gentlemen-farmers. 1864Knight Passages Work. Life I. i. 19 The ‘yeoman’ of those days..would now be recognised as ‘gentleman-farmer’. |