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单词 gentlewoman-heir
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gentlewoman-heir
With nouns referring to a person's employment, profession, pursuits, etc., with the sense ‘that is both a gentlewoman and a ——’, as in gentlewoman farmer gentlewoman-heir, gentlewoman-widow. Now chiefly historical.Usually with the implication that the woman concerned is of a higher social class than might ordinarily be the case for a particular occupation or pursuit.
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1340 Ayenbite (1866) 190 A gentil wymman wodewe zente to þe uore yzede Ion uif hondred pond of gold.
1564 H. Myddelmore (title) Translation of a letter written by a Frenche gentilwoman to an other gentilwoman straunger.
1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew iv. ii. sig. M2 We must finde a young Gentlewoman-Heire among you.
1711 W. Nicolson London Diaries 27 Feb. (1985) 551 Young A. Toppin Book-Keeper to a Gentlewoman-Salter in mourning for his Mistress.
1865 C. H. Spence Mr. Hogarth's Will I. ii. 43 A gentlewoman-farmer, and a thriving one.
1921 Dogdom Mar. 23/1 It is known that Mrs. Harby is a gentlewoman-farmer.
2000 Times 19 Dec. (Times 2 section) 12/4 Nemonno, a hayseed halfwit, has the hots for Adina, local belle and gentlewoman farmer.
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