country gentleman

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Recent Examples of country gentleman In 1768, an anonymous country gentleman wrote a letter to the British Parliament commenting on this moral factor. Evan Fraser, Foreign Affairs, 30 Jan. 2011 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 His love of Roman architecture had to be detached from urban life and was rooted in a very specific kind of historical fantasy about country gentlemen who also own slaves. Anne Quito, Quartz, 19 Feb. 2020 There is an outside horse, somebody called Jacob Rees-Mogg, who, to American viewers, will appear like a sort of 18th century English country gentlemen. Fox News, 10 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for country gentleman
Noun
  • Raven re-enters the world as a human child, born to the nobleman's daughter.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Among those staff was nonagenarian nobleman Rudolf Graf von Schönburg, or Count Rudi as he is universally known, who joined the hotel as manager in 1957 and never left.
    Nick Foulkes, theweek, 7 Nov. 2024
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
  • Thanks for being here, gentlemen ... Brody: This has been kind of special.
    Elena Nelson Howe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
  • One of those gentlemen is Josh Giddey — the player that the team got in return for Alex Caruso.
    Mat Issa, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Or has the shock of encountering the wild variety of views visible on Elon Musk’s X just been too much for grandees used to moving in circles where the acceptable boundaries of disagreement are narrowly drawn?
    The Editors, National Review, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Its deputy chairman is Peter Mandelson, a Labour grandee who has held multiple cabinet posts.
    Robert Olsen, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • But still, his peers would find a way to call him Urkel, and even girls to that extent.
    Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Lululemon’s profitability is superior compared to some of its peers, including Nike, with operating profit margin of 11.8% and 9.2% for On Holding.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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 22 Dec. 2024.

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