| 单词 | landed gentry |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslanded gentry Frequently in colloc. landed gentry. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessor > [noun] > owner > landowner > collectively landlordry1598 landed interest1711 landed gentry1752 landocracy1848 landownership1867 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [noun] > gentleman > landed gentleman > collectively landed gentry1752 1752 Hume Ess. & Treat (1777) I. 221 It consists chiefly of nobles and landed gentry. 1860 W. Collins Woman in White III. 368 Do you talk in that familiar manner of one of the landed gentry of England? 1974 M. Fido R. Kipling 28/1 He was of the landed gentry, and could teach his friends about the different bores of guns. 1992 Spy (N.Y.) May 52 Americans don't share the English landed gentry's time-honoured—and by now pretty vestigial—disdain for ‘trade money’. < as lemmas |
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