farmerhood en · NOUN
Etymology
From farmer + -hood.
Meanings
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(uncountable) 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: