country gentleman
Example Sentences
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Stanley Baldwin, then a rising Tory star who posed as a simple country gentleman, looked at the parliament elected in 1918 and claimed to see “hard-faced men who had done well out of the war”.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 11, 2018
"He would have preferred to dress like an English country gentleman, or like his idea of an English country gentleman," Margaret said in an interview.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2015
Even in his courtship of Taya, at a bar frequented by raucous SEALs, he is ever the country gentleman.
From Time ● Dec. 31, 2014
During a half-century, Haslam has appeared in garb channeling James Dean, a pre-Vegas Elvis, an Arizona cattle rustler, an English punk, a country gentleman, an American biker and a 1960s mod.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2014
Sir George—whom, by-the-bye, I have forgotten to describe,—a very big, and very fresh-looking country gentleman, stands before their sofa, coffee-cup in hand, and occasionally puts in a word.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
