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单词 gentleman farmer
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Definition of gentleman farmer in English:

gentleman farmer

nounPlural gentlemen farmers
  • A country gentleman who has a farm as part of his estate.

    (拥有农场的)乡绅

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her father, a young barrister from Manchester with dreams of becoming a gentleman farmer, had acquired a 70-acre property in southern California
    • In the 18th century, gentlemen farmers such as Robert Bakewell of Dishley in Leicestershire took an active interest in improving livestock.
    • The threadbare plot of the film concerns a song-and-dance man who retires from showbusiness to become a gentleman farmer but finds country life more demanding than he thought.
    • In 1866 the country's first major winery was established at Canada's most southerly point by three gentlemen farmers from Kentucky who planted 20 acres of Isabella vines.
    • By 1840 they had earned enough money to retire and became gentlemen farmers in North Carolina.

Definition of gentleman farmer in US English:

gentleman farmer

nounˈjen(t)lmən ˈfärmər
  • A well-to-do man who runs a farm for pleasure.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • By 1840 they had earned enough money to retire and became gentlemen farmers in North Carolina.
    • Her father, a young barrister from Manchester with dreams of becoming a gentleman farmer, had acquired a 70-acre property in southern California
    • The threadbare plot of the film concerns a song-and-dance man who retires from showbusiness to become a gentleman farmer but finds country life more demanding than he thought.
    • In the 18th century, gentlemen farmers such as Robert Bakewell of Dishley in Leicestershire took an active interest in improving livestock.
    • In 1866 the country's first major winery was established at Canada's most southerly point by three gentlemen farmers from Kentucky who planted 20 acres of Isabella vines.
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