Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for country gentlemen
Noun
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Archaeology News reported that noblemen might have performed administrative tasks.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Nov. 2025 -
As kobolds go, Heinzelmann was more harmless than most, going about his business protecting the castle from giants and dwarves and keeping the staff updated on faerie gossip, as well as protecting the chambermaids from unwelcome attentions from visiting noblemen.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Suffice it to say, with credentials such as this, a charivari of fashion-week regulars, media, film and musical grandees and not a few New York and London tatterdemalions showed for the September 12 bacchanal on Church Street.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Instead, the concept has been perverted to mean higher-ed grandees' exclusive right to determine who participates in scholarly life.—
Ilya Shapiro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In fact, according to Melanie Rosenwasser, chief people officer at Dropbox, Gen Z are actually coming to work equipped with better AI skills than their older peers.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Friday brings a different stage, a sprint instead of a marathon, and a court filled with the peers who have shaped this class from the start.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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And all these noble lords can’t even remember his name.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Beyond that, the tech lords often suffer the vices of their virtues.—
Walter Russell Mead,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Distinguished gentlemen boasting dashing Hessian boots and tall beaver hats.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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Amazingly, given that Napa estate deals usually involve years of planning and a multifaceted acquisition strategy, the entire purchase came as a complete surprise to these gentlemen, and none of them could have ever imagined such a thing in their wildest dreams.—
Cathrine Todd,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The young women and their cavaliers headed to L’Arc, a nightclub in Paris situated near the Shangri-La; there, the group continued their celebrations some hours later.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Country gentlemen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/country%20gentlemen. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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