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View synonyms for country gentleman
country gentleman
noun
- a wealthy man living in his country home or estate.
country gentleman
noun
- a rich man with an estate in the country
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Word History and Origins
Origin of country gentleman1
First recorded in 1625–35
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Example Sentences
If he had been permitted to settle down in England as he wished, as a country gentleman, would this have satisfied him?
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The life within is the ideally tranquil existence of an English country gentleman.
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If I was once settled down, I could live as well on fifteen hundred a year as any country gentleman in Ireland.
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Who would call Webster the meanest of mankind because he had an absurd desire to live like an English country gentleman?
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He seemed to me the beau ideal of a country gentleman: nothing less than this, and something more.
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