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 | Bcarlton@al.com, 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
  • Her mother was a maid and her father was a nobleman, meaning that Sophie is not only a maid but illegitimate.
    Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Her lecture on Orlando, Virginia Woolf’s fantastical 1928 novel about an English nobleman who turns into a woman halfway through his centuries-long life, is a showstopper.
    Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Dunk and Egg set out from the Ashford tourney on horseback to explore the world, now officially as hedge knight and squire.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Set a century before the events of Game of Thrones and 72 years after House of the Dragon, A Knight of Seven Kingdom follows two unlikely heroes wandering Westeros … a young, naïve but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffey), and his diminutive squire, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell).
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Oh, so much farther, ladies and gentlemen.
    Danielle Parker, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Well, you and the 999 other gentlemen who move fast enough to snag one.
    Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • An editor could pick up the phone and try to get a former secretary of state or the treasury, a grandee of the House or Senate, and probably even ex-president or vice-president and pitch them to review a book with a reasonable chance of success.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • And that’s given him longer than most of his peers to think about what makes someone an effective CEO.
    Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Pacific Electric will be on the small side for a theater, a more intimate peer of downtown’s Regent or Bellwether.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 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 12 Mar. 2026.

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