| 单词 | landed gentry |
| 释义 | landed gentry (once / 23975 pages) n WORD FAMILY landed gentry USAGE EXAMPLESThis is the modern equivalent of hungry, threadbare peasants wielding torches and pitchforks, storming the gates of the landed gentry. Seattle Times(Jul 21, 2016) It seems that Ms. Kincaid’s description of Antigua, of a nation run by foreign landed gentry, may not be so dated after all. New York Times(Jul 13, 2016) The odds are stacked against her, with horse racing typically the purview of the landed gentry, and an expensive endeavor at that. Los Angeles Times(May 05, 2016) n the gentry who own land (considered as a class) Syn|Hyper squirearchy aristocracy, gentry the most powerful members of a society |
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