country gentleman

noun

Definition of country gentlemannext
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. — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for country gentleman
  1. nobleman
  2. squire
  3. gentleman
  4. grandee
  5. peer
Noun
  • Lord Ruthven, a seductive nobleman modeled after Byron himself, is accompanied by the tale’s narrator and later discovered to be the very vampire described in local legends.
    — Maria Papadouris, JSTOR Daily, 20 Oct. 2026
  • They’re also known as the Elgin Marbles, after the Scottish nobleman Lord Elgin, who was the British ambassador to Constantinople.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of nobleman
Noun
  • The protagonist is Ser Duncan the Tall (Dunk), a knight-errant played by Peter Claffey, accompanied by his young squire Egg, portrayed by Dexter Sol Ansell.
    — Francesca Pellegrini, Vanity Fair, 22 June 2026
  • In contrast, composed framing of his loyal squire, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell), underlines a different emotion.
    — Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
Definition of squire
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  • Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen is adding a few more gentlemen (and ladies) for its third season, which has started production in UK and Morocco.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The man who plays Coe, Tom Brooke, stands out unmistakably as John Dashwood, the mostly amiable gentleman who inherits the estate where his half-sisters, Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret, live with their mother.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of gentleman
Noun
  • Every week brings word of a new grift, a new meme coin, a Melania doc, a pay-for-access club, or fresh funds from Gulf grandees looking for leverage.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The grandees of Gullen have set their hopes on Claire’s bankrolling their faltering community’s recovery.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of grandee
Noun
  • The ultra-wealthy may have more peers than ever before, but DiFuria and Goldbart said many of them feel cut off.
    — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Kubiak and his peers argue that the trawlers diminish their fish stocks and also cause broader damage to the seafloor.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of peer

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