| 单词 | country gentry |
| 释义 | > as lemmascountry gentry country gentry n. ΚΠ 1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 109 They entertain'd these two Knights not after the manner of countrey gentry, but with a stately grave deportment as the most accomplisht Ladies of the Court. 1764 W. Harte Ess. Husbandry i. 197 That valuable set of men, the country gentry of moderate estates; who are the main support of every kingdom, and formerly abounded more in this country, than in half Europe. 1835 Metrop. Mag. May 97 He imposed on the nobility and country gentry by false statements. 1956 Life 2 Apr. 68/1 Again he fell back upon the support of the country gentry and the burgesses against the hostility or indifference of the magnates. 1993 J. C. Harsch At Hinge of Hist. (2010) 35 It was the kind of comfortable, nonflashy hotel that attracts what the English call ‘country gentry’. < as lemmas |
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