country gentleman
Noun
Meaning
country gentleman (plural country gentlemen)
A rich man of good social standing who owns and lives in a large rural property.
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The English country gentleman galloping after a fox - the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.
On his return to his home in Kent in 1640, Lovelace served as a country gentleman and a justice of the peace, encountering civil turmoil over religion and politics.
Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman, Mr. Bennet, living in Longbourn.
The stripper is a man; an English country gentleman who sensually undresses and goes to bed in a love scene.
They were usually composed of wealthy "country gentlemen" (i.e. landowners, farmers and merchants): A country gentleman as a member of a Grand Jury.
Widely imitated, this style of men's fashion became almost a uniform of the London merchant class and the English country gentleman.