as in nobleman
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Recent Examples of country gentleman
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.
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Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
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 | [email protected], 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
Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
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 | [email protected], 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for country gentleman
Noun
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This incarnation of Orlok is something of an outlier in vampire cinema, as he is dressed in the period-accurate robes of a Transylvanian nobleman, complete with the mustache that was the fashion of his time.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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But there’s no 17th-century Transylvanian nobleman that didn’t have a mustache or a full beard, right?—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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Zhou was the epitome of a kind, loving and compassionate gentleman, in addition to his academic drive, Barker Little wrote.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
31 Jan. 2025
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On the count of three, the golden retriever inhales the entire pasta portion, as the German shepherd watches the scene in disbelief while chewing his small bites of food like a gentleman.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Their accomplishments also earned them the attention of the grandees in Beijing.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Jan. 2025
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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
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So the topline findings are that growing up poor in the United States is particularly consequential for your adult economic outcomes, undermining this idea that the US, relative to peer nations, is some land of great upward economic opportunity.—
Abdallah Fayyad,
Vox,
2 Feb. 2025
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The Sundance online platform has allowed for a more democratic festival experience (feature film tickets cost $35) when stacked against its peer events, which are reverent to theaters only and in less accessible locations.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 Feb. 2025
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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
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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 8 Feb. 2025.
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