country gentlemen

plural of country gentleman

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for country gentlemen
Noun
  • In addition, while common soldiers were buried in mass graves, officers and noblemen were usually laid to rest in a church.
    Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The upper chamber of the British Parliament was composed of noblemen who inherited their seats for most of its history.
    Jared Gans, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The grandees of the Democratic Party may want to move on.
    Keith Naughton, The Washington Examiner, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Suffice it to say, with credentials such as this, a charivari of fashion-week regulars, media, film and musical grandees and not a few New York and London tatterdemalions showed for the September 12 bacchanal on Church Street.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In a recent post on X, Aaron Levie, CEO of content management platform Box, said the quiet part out loud about how his peers in the tech world fail to grasp the full scale of AI work.
    Jake Angelo, Fortune, 29 May 2026
  • Even here, on the opening track of her first ambient LP, Weihl’s pop sensibility peers through the cracks.
    Raphael Helfand, Pitchfork, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • Pressure from drug lords who bankrolled the country’s top teams and top players, and also liked to bet.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026
  • For fine dining, splurge on a course of Kaga delicacies at Ryotei Otomoro; the chef is said to be the direct descendant of those who cooked for 17th-century local feudal lords.
    Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • For gentlemen of that era, uncivil words were violence.
    Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
  • Deborah Vance, who did NOT die, ladies and gentlemen and they/thems!
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 29 May 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
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“Country gentlemen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/country%20gentlemen. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.

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