| 单词 | county family |
| 释义 | > as lemmascounty family C6. attributive, with the sense ‘of or belonging to the gentry or aristocracy of a county’, as county family, county set, etc. Cf. sense B. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [noun] > noble family with country estates county1812 1812 Scourge Jan. 54 No erection could be of more service to Newcastle, as by becoming the focus of intercourse to the county families, they [sc. the assembly rooms] were the occasion of a large expenditure. 1832 Day 23 Jan. 74/2 ‘She only patronizes county people.’ ‘Indeed!..and, by-the bye, aren't the merchants quite genteel in Glasgow?’ 1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain ii. i. 338 She is always trying to be with the great people, the county set. 1924 T. Burke Wind & Rain (1927) iii. 62 It was conducted by three elderly gentlemen of the ‘county’ sort. 1998 S. Gilmartin Ancestry & Narr. in Nineteenth-cent. Brit. Lit. iv. 138 His chivalrous manners and fine figure made him very popular with the county wives. 2006 A. Thorpe Is this Way you Said? (2007) 74 Tall county types in flowery dresses. < as lemmas |
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