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To my (American) ear, the phrase "a gentleman of property" sounds like quaint British English. I might expect to find this phrase in a Jane Austen novel (written in the early nineteenth century) or perhaps in a Charles Dickens novel (written in the mid-nineteenth century).

Within that context, it is idiomatic for "an upper-class man who owns enough income-producing property that he does not need to work for a living."

This particular quotation is from a [wikipedia article][1] about a seventeenth-century soldier/physician. The article was [originally copied][2] from a 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica [article][3], which had a longer description: "a gentleman of property and good pedigree."

[1]: http://(https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Sydenham&oldid=733514932 [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Sydenham&oldid=4103414 [3]: https://books.google.com/books?id=ITsbAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA277&lpg=RA1-PA277#v=onepage

To my (American) ear, the phrase "a gentleman of property" sounds like quaint British English. I might expect to find this phrase in a Jane Austen novel (written in the early nineteenth century) or perhaps in a Charles Dickens novel (written in the mid-nineteenth century).

Within that context, it is idiomatic for "an upper-class man who owns enough income-producing property that he does not need to work for a living."

This particular quotation is from a Wikipedia article about a seventeenth-century soldier/physician. The article was originally copied from a 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article, which had a longer description: "a gentleman of property and good pedigree."

To my (American) ear, the phrase "a gentleman of property" sounds like quaint British English. I might expect to find this phrase in a Jane Austen novel (written in the early nineteenth century) or perhaps in a Charles Dickens novel (written in the mid-nineteenth century).

Within that context, it is idiomatic for "an upper-class man who owns enough income-producing property that he does not need to work for a living."

This particular quotation is from a [wikipedia article][1] about a seventeenth-century soldier/physician. The article was [originally copied][2] from a 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica [article][3], which had a longer description: "a gentleman of property and good pedigree."

[1]: http://(https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Sydenham&oldid=733514932 [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Sydenham&oldid=4103414 [3]: https://books.google.com/books?id=ITsbAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA277&lpg=RA1-PA277#v=onepage

To my (American) ear, the phrase "a gentleman of property" sounds like quaint British English. I might expect to find this phrase in a Jane Austen novel (written in the early nineteenth century) or perhaps in a Charles Dickens novel (written in the mid-nineteenth century).

Within that context, it is idiomatic for "an upper-class man who owns enough income-producing property that he does not need to work for a living."

This particular quotation is from a [wikipedia article][1] about a seventeenth-century soldier/physician. The article was [originally copied][2] from a 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica [article][3], which had a longer description: "a gentleman of property and good pedigree."

[1]: http://(https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Sydenham&oldid=733514932 [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Sydenham&oldid=4103414 [3]: https://books.google.com/books?id=ITsbAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA277&lpg=RA1-PA277#v=onepage

To my (American) ear, the phrase "a gentleman of property" sounds like quaint British English. I might expect to find this phrase in a Jane Austen novel (written in the early nineteenth century) or perhaps in a Charles Dickens novel (written in the mid-nineteenth century).

Within that context, it is idiomatic for "an upper-class man who owns enough income-producing property that he does not need to work for a living."

This particular quotation is from a [wikipedia article][1] about a seventeenth-century soldier/physician. An [early version of the article][2] had a longer description: "a gentleman of property and good pedigree."

[1]: http://(https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Sydenham&oldid=733514932 [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Sydenham&oldid=4103414

To my (American) ear, the phrase "a gentleman of property" sounds like quaint British English. I might expect to find this phrase in a Jane Austen novel (written in the early nineteenth century) or perhaps in a Charles Dickens novel (written in the mid-nineteenth century).

Within that context, it is idiomatic for "an upper-class man who owns enough income-producing property that he does not need to work for a living."

This particular quotation is from a [wikipedia article][1] about a seventeenth-century soldier/physician. The article was [originally copied][2] from a 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica [article][3], which had a longer description: "a gentleman of property and good pedigree."

[1]: http://(https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Sydenham&oldid=733514932 [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Sydenham&oldid=4103414 [3]: https://books.google.com/books?id=ITsbAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA277&lpg=RA1-PA277#v=onepage