| 单词 | gentry-man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgentry-man C1. As a modifier, with the sense ‘of high social rank or status; of gentle birth’, as in gentry-man, gentry folk, etc.Recorded earliest in gentry cove n., gentry mort. ΚΠ 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. G.iii A gentrye cofe, a noble or gentle man. A gentry mort, A noble or gentle woman. 1680 R. L'Estrange Goodman Country 2 A Gentry man in our Town hath often said, that they are the true English Protestants, who profess and practise that Protestant Religion which was established by Law in the time of Queen Elizabeth, King James, and King Charles. 1788 J. Atkinson Match for Widow ii. 20 I visit now the gentry folk, With lancet, purge and pill, Have got a licence, wig and cloak, To either cure or kill. 1881 R. D. Blackmore Christowell (1882) ii Why, Parson Tom Short was the only gentry-man. 1924 A. D. H. Smith Porto Bello Gold xx. 281 One o' the grand gentry-folk. 1950 R. Davies in R. Brown & D. Bennett Anthol. Canad. Lit. in Eng. (1982) I. 622 Gentry ladies can't trust themselves alone with a man. They're that frisky they'd be at him at once. It's all the rich food they eat. 2014 Huntington Libr. Q. 77 444 Mary Steele, a well-to-do daughter of a prominent gentry family. < as lemmas |
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