country gentlemen

plural of country gentleman

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for country gentlemen
Noun
  • Hermès traces its history to 1837 as a harness workshop for European noblemen, and today, the company still has a healthy equestrian business.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Instead, the concept has been perverted to mean higher-ed grandees' exclusive right to determine who participates in scholarly life.
    Ilya Shapiro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In interviews with Fortune, Pelaez and senior software engineer John Pignato described a startup with a competitive drive, fueled by seeing peers do impressive things at close range.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Unhappy to see talented peers unable to find work, Tsui used the opportunity to produce projects for Woo and others.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Regardless, its existence was a political statement and a sign of wealth, as large rectangular stone towers were generally limited to rival Anglo-Norman lords and rulers.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The 33rd Folsom Renaissance Faire and Joust is keeping the 17th and 18th century Europe celebrations going in Folsom in a two-day event that features lords, knights, jousting competitions and full-armored combat.
    Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As a rule, royal governors were gentlemen, if not always gentlemen with experience.
    Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Mid-Century Modern follows three gay gentlemen of a certain age (Lane, Bomer, Graham) who, after an unexpected death, decide to spend their golden years living together in Palm Springs, where the wealthiest one lives with his mother (Lavin).
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Country gentlemen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/country%20gentlemen. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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