Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
gentleman farmer
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ The interviewing panel was civil and included a peer of the realm, a major-General, and a gentleman farmer.
▪ Walking from room to room, I felt like a gentleman farmer riding his fences, master of all he surveyed.
Wiktionary
gentleman farmer
n. A man who farms his own land, but small-scale, not for a living.
Usage examples of "gentleman farmer".
Might he become a gentleman farmer of field produce and live stock?
For the next fifteen years or so he settled down to being a gentleman farmer, attending to the rotation of his crops, the fertilization of the soil, and the management of livestock.
By that I mean John must not, in any way, feela further burden or obligation to hurry back to become a gentleman farmer at Lawrence!
He was only a gentleman farmer, and he was quite surprised when he was informed that cows always weep when they lick salt.