gentleman of fortune
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gentleman of fortune
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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Cathy is pledged to another; Heathcliff goes abroad and returns a sudden gentleman of fortune.
From Time Magazine Archive
In modern times many a gentleman of fortune has searched Cocos for pirates' spoils.
From Time Magazine Archive
He cast in his lot with a Dutch pirate-merchant, one De Ruyter, a highly cultured, sagacious gentleman of fortune who had fought for George Washington and was now, under Napoleon's tricolor, pillaging Britain's Indian trade.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Very likely," replied our host, an elderly gentleman of fortune.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. by Various
"I am a gentleman of fortune, with no pursuit but that of knowledge and pleasure."
From The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales by Durivage, Francis A. (Francis Alexander)
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