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farmerhood

farmerhood noun: the quality or state of being a farmer.

Noun

farmerhood (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being a farmer.
    • 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.1864, George Etell Sargent, The Story of a City Arab, page 313

Origin of farmerhood

From farmer + -hood.

Questions about farmerhood

What does farmerhood mean?
Farmerhood means the quality or state of being a farmer.
What part of speech is farmerhood?
Farmerhood is a noun.

Words near farmerhood in the dictionary

  1. farmeress
  2. farmeresses
  3. farmerette
  4. farmerettes
  5. farmerfish
  6. farmerhood
  7. farmeries
  8. farmering
  9. farmerish
  10. farmerless
  11. farmerlike

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