country gentleman

Definition of country gentlemannext

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Recent Examples of country gentleman Austen's novel, which was released anonymously in 1813, tells the complex love story between Elizabeth Bennet, the daughter of a country gentlemen, and Mr. Darcy, a rich aristocratic landowner. Jordana Comiter, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025 Julia Child, southern country gentleman Justin Wilson and the Frugal Gourmet Jeff Smith have all long passed, but Chinese kitchen wizard Chef Martin Yan is still very alive at age 76, bursting with energy and cultural pride. Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025 The short video features a scene on an open Texas road with some country gentlemen looking up at the sky in anticipation of a billboard reveal. Ime Ekpo, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024 Rather than gamble, consume nine-course meals, and chase women, as his father did, George, shy and conservative, preferred the life of a country gentleman. Town & Country, 14 Nov. 2022 But Philip was also the ultimate salt-of-the-earth English country gentleman. Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2021 For a country gentleman from rural Alabama, that’s high cotton. Bob Carlton | [email protected], al, 24 Feb. 2021 All along, the Range Rover was building itself an image as an off-road Rambo with the manners of an English country gentleman. Tony Assenza, Car and Driver, 30 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for country gentleman
Noun
  • The sprawling Northamptonshire property was first granted to Norman nobleman Geoffrey of Mowbray following the 11th-century Norman Conquest, later passing to Isabel de Bruce—the grandmother of Scottish king Robert the Bruce—before eventually returning to the English crown in the 14th century.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 26 May 2026
  • Two French soldiers carry the Infanta of Spain’s portrait to young Louis XIV, joined by Alejandro, a Spanish nobleman enthralled by science, colonization and the New World’s promises.
    Callum McLennan, Variety, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • Dunk is the lumbering Hedge Knight hero of this series, Ser Duncan the Tall, played by former rugby player Peter Claffey, while Egg is his wise-beyond-his-years bald young squire (Dexter Sol Ansell).
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 28 May 2026
  • Hitchcock's last British film before his Hollywood migration concerns a young woman (Maureen O'Hara) who investigates a series of shipwrecks overseen by a local squire (Charles Laughton), who employs a gang to loot the wreckage.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • For gentlemen of that era, uncivil words were violence.
    Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
  • Ladies and gentleman, start your rumors!
    Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Noun
  • The grandees of the Democratic Party may want to move on.
    Keith Naughton, The Washington Examiner, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Days earlier, the longtime political grandee who had a reputation as a ruthless political fixer, had stepped down as a member of the House of Lords.
    Camille Behnke, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images European stocks followed global peers lower on Friday as investors monitor a global sell-off in chipmaking tech names.
    Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 5 June 2026
  • Intimate partner violence by the numbers A 2024 study in The Lancet tracking homicide deaths from 1999 to 2020 found that Black women ages 25 to 44 are killed at nearly four times the rate of their white peers.
    Sativa Banks, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • The young women and their cavaliers headed to L’Arc, a nightclub in Paris situated near the Shangri-La; there, the group continued their celebrations some hours later.
    Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Carolina Herrera's granddaughter Carolina Lansing Carolina Lansing, the 21-year-old granddaughter of legendary fashion designer Carolina Herrera, also made her debut with her younger brother, Magnus Lansing, as her cavalier.
    Pamela Avila, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025

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“Country gentleman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/country%20gentleman. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.

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