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单词 person of quality
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person (also man, woman, gentleman, lady, people, etc.) of quality
a. Nobility, high birth or rank, good social position; chiefly in phrase person (also man, woman, gentleman, lady, people, etc.) of quality. Now archaic.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [noun]
freedomeOE
earlshipOE
noblesse?c1225
anourc1330
freelya1350
nobleheada1382
nobletya1387
nobléc1395
nobilitya1400
generosity?a1475
apparage?1504
quality1579
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 886 He had all the men of qualitie [Fr. hommes de qualité] his sworne enemies.
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 103 Let him..procure Recommendation, to some person of Quality.
1671 Lady M. Bertie in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 22 There are no men of quality but the Duke of Monmouth; all the rest are gentlemen.
1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 180 A Lady of Quality, Madam M——..askt me, What I had seen in Paris that most pleased me.
1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 148 Freely..eaten by People of Quality.
1771 H. Mackenzie Man of Feeling 245 The count, for he was of quality, was solicitous to return the obligation.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. viii. 273 Many persons of quality sate the whole day in their carriages.
1871 J. Morley Vauvenargues in Crit. Misc. (1878) 1st Ser. 9 High enough to command the admiration of people of quality.
1922 M. Arlen ‘Piracy’ ii. i. 69 I'd forgotten that such a phrase was ever made by fine men for fine women—a woman of quality!
2005 Irish Independent (Nexis) 2 Apr. Sam Sweet, a poor Jewish builder,..impresses a lady of quality.
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