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单词 gentlemen farmers
释义

gentleman farmer

noun

plural gentlemen farmers
: a man who farms mainly for pleasure rather than for profit

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web 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 Washington was no longer a gentleman farmer nor even a general. John M. Murphy, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2020 Before long, smoke from the fires of simple timber homes marked the presence of a different kind of settler than the Virginian gentleman farmer: the intrepid woodsman squatter. Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020 Before long, smoke from the fires of simple timber homes marked the presence of a different kind of settler than the Virginian gentleman farmer: the intrepid woodsman squatter. Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020 Before long, smoke from the fires of simple timber homes marked the presence of a different kind of settler than the Virginian gentleman farmer: the intrepid woodsman squatter. Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020 Before long, smoke from the fires of simple timber homes marked the presence of a different kind of settler than the Virginian gentleman farmer: the intrepid woodsman squatter. Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020 Before long, smoke from the fires of simple timber homes marked the presence of a different kind of settler than the Virginian gentleman farmer: the intrepid woodsman squatter. Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020 Andrew’s life was that of a lawyer and gentleman farmer who operated a large plantation with slave labor. David Buie, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 22 Aug. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1616, in the meaning defined above

gentlemen farmers

noun

plural of gentleman farmer
as in tenant farmers

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • tenant farmers
  • subsistence farmers
  • growers
  • planters
  • sharecroppers
  • croppers
  • agriculturists
  • cultivators
  • agriculturalists
  • agronomists
  • yeomen
  • tillers
  • field hands
  • harvesters
  • crofters
  • workfolks
  • farmhands
  • reapers
  • plowmen
  • gleaners
  • homesteaders
  • grangers
  • nesters
  • ranchmen
  • campesinos
  • ranchers
  • rancheros

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • nonfarmers
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