farmerhood

English

Etymology

From farmer +‎ -hood.

Noun

farmerhood (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being a farmer.
    • 1864, George Etell Sargent, The Story of a City Arab, page 313:
      I could not see his hands, for the thick gloves he wore, and his face was partially concealed by a red woollen comforter; but his entire appearance and manners tallied with what I had seen of Yorkshire farmerhood.
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