gentleman farmer
Leisured land cultivator
A gentleman farmer is someone who owns or operates a farm primarily as a hobby or lifestyle rather than for income.
The term suggests wealth from other sources—the farming is recreational, not economic necessity.
He retired to become a gentleman farmer, raising horses on his country estate.
The phrase can carry slight irony, implying someone who enjoys the image of farming without its hardships.
Property and grounds
- manorLanded aristocratic residence
- aristocratPerson of noble birth
- landedCame to rest
- old moneyLong-established family fortune
blue blood · patrician · inheritance · trustee · endowment · patron · philanthropist · squire
Of countryside or clergy care
- bucolicIdyllically rural
- equestrianRelating to horsemanship
- huntingPursuing wild game
- shootingDischarging a weapon
fishing · riding · croquet · polo · conservatory · library · picnics · birdwatching
Soil preparation for planting
- crop rotationAlternating field plantings yearly
- husbandryFarm management practice
- grazingFeeding on pasture
- sowingPlanting for cultivation
harvest · fallow · plowshare · farmstead · threshing · agronomy · fertilizing · irrigation
Fruit tree plantation
- vineyardGrape-growing estate
- beekeepingMaintaining hives for honey
- poultryBirds raised for food
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
organic · heirloom varieties · permaculture · homesteading · gardening · cultivation · harvesting · smallholding
Amount of land owned
- freeholdPermanent property title
- landholdingOwned piece of terrain
- proprietorBusiness holder
- tenureProtected employment status
grounds · parcel · titleholder · stewardship · arable · pasture · woodlot · demesne
estate
Property and grounds
- manorLanded aristocratic residence
- aristocratPerson of noble birth
- landedCame to rest
old money · blue blood · patrician · inheritance · trustee · endowment · patron · philanthropist · squire · country seat
pastoral
Of countryside or clergy care
- bucolicIdyllically rural
- equestrianRelating to horsemanship
- huntingPursuing wild game
shooting · fishing · riding · croquet · polo · conservatory · library · picnics · birdwatching · tweeds
tillage
Soil preparation for planting
- crop rotationAlternating field plantings yearly
- husbandryFarm management practice
- grazingFeeding on pasture
sowing · harvest · fallow · plowshare · farmstead · threshing · agronomy · fertilizing · irrigation · haymaking
orchard
Fruit tree plantation
- vineyardGrape-growing estate
- beekeepingMaintaining hives for honey
- poultryBirds raised for food
livestock · organic · heirloom varieties · permaculture · homesteading · gardening · cultivation · harvesting · smallholding · market garden
acreage
Amount of land owned
- freeholdPermanent property title
- landholdingOwned piece of terrain
- proprietorBusiness holder
tenure · grounds · parcel · titleholder · stewardship · arable · pasture · woodlot · demesne · surveying
- Antebellum Southplantation, cotton kingdom, overseer, slave quarters, big house
- landed gentrysquire, lord of the manor, estate owner, landowner, country squire
- landownerslandlords, rancher, freeholders, homesteader, homeowner
- nobilityking, queen, prince, princess, duke
- plantation ownersplantation owner, cotton planter, slaveholder, planter class
gentleman farmerpeasant
Low-status agricultural laborer
tenant farmer · subsistence farmer · sharecropper · farm laborer · peasant farmer
gentleman farmertenant farmer
One who leases farmland
sharecropper · leaseholder · renter · cottager · hired man
gentleman, farmer, gentle, farm, gentlemanly, gentlemen, gentleness, gently, genteel