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View synonyms for country gentleman

country gentleman

noun

  1. a wealthy man living in his country home or estate.


country gentleman

noun

  1. a rich man with an estate in the country
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of country gentleman1

First recorded in 1625–35
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Example Sentences

A penniless young aristocrat determined to maintain the contemplative life of a country gentleman must, suddenly, get a job.

If he had been permitted to settle down in England as he wished, as a country gentleman, would this have satisfied him?

The life within is the ideally tranquil existence of an English country gentleman.

If I was once settled down, I could live as well on fifteen hundred a year as any country gentleman in Ireland.

Who would call Webster the meanest of mankind because he had an absurd desire to live like an English country gentleman?

He seemed to me the beau ideal of a country gentleman: nothing less than this, and something more.

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