farmerhood

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.