country gentleman

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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 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
  • Edgar Ravenswood, a Scottish nobleman, speaks in Standard English throughout the text.
    Rachel Ashcroft July 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
  • At a young age, like a nobleman in earlier centuries, Malaparte was dispatched to be raised by others—in this case, a metalworker’s family on the city’s outskirts.
    Thomas Meaney, New Yorker, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Ethan — Victor’s squire and one of the few people in town who sees this as a quest, also sees the Boy In White, perhaps the best team player in town despite his age.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • In the prequel, set a century before the events of Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros… a young, naïve but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell).
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • For instance, a group of gentlemen wore matching pastel suits.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 6 July 2025
  • The gentleman who is the executive director of all of these cruises, his name is Michael Lazaroff.
    Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • Their accomplishments also earned them the attention of the grandees in Beijing.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2025
  • To go on about Volcker—who surely was an excellent Fed chair—is to mistake grandees for the action that mattered.
    Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The bank also receives far fewer mortgage applications from Black households than its peers, a sign that its presence is lacking in majority-Black neighborhoods, Nelson said.
    Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 8 July 2025
  • The researchers also looked at mortality rates for American infants, young children and teenagers and compared them to their peers in other high-income countries over time.
    Maria Godoy, NPR, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • The event kicked off with an opening dance, before the debutantes lined up for a waltz with their fathers, who were then passed onto their cavaliers for dancing with a live band.
    Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Opal is described as a 5-pound red/brown cavapoo — a mix of a King Charles cavalier and a poodle.
    Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2024

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“Country gentleman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/country%20gentleman. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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