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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

土地贵族

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tǔ dì guì zú

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Landed Gentry/ˈlæn.dɪd ˈdʒɛn.tri/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #14500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"土地贵族在历史上掌握了大量的财富和权力。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A British social class consisting of landowners who traditionally had enough income from their property to not need to work.

    "The country estate had been owned by the local landed gentry for over three centuries."
  2. 2

    The aristocracy and high-ranking landowners collectively in a society.

    "Political power in the rural districts largely remained concentrated in the hands of the landed gentry."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English, combining 'landed' (possessing real estate or landed property) with 'gentry' (from Old French gente, meaning of noble birth or breeding). Historically, it designated the British social class consisting of landholders who could live off their rental income, ranking just below the peerage.

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🇫🇷French → English

la petite noblesse terrienne

Transliteration: la pe-tit no-bles ter-yen

"La landed gentry a longtemps dominé la vie politique rurale."

🇩🇪German → English

landbesitzende Adel

Transliteration: lant-bə-zɪts-ən-də a-dəl

Script: landbesitzende Aristokratie

"Der landbesitzende Adel übte großen Einfluss auf die Politik aus."

🇮🇹Italian → English

aristocrazia terriera

Transliteration: a-risto-kra-tsia ter-rie-ra

"L'aristocrazia terriera deteneva la maggior parte delle terre coltivabili."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

aristocracia terrateniente

Transliteration: a-risto-kra-sia te-ra-te-nyen-te

"La aristocracia terrateniente controlaba el parlamento."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

aristocracia rural

Transliteration: a-ris-to-kra-si-a ru-ral

"A aristocracia rural moldou a estrutura social do país."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

भू-स्वामी कुलीन वर्ग

Transliteration: bhoo-swami kuleen varg

"भू-स्वामी कुलीन वर्ग का ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों में काफी प्रभाव था।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

土地贵族

Transliteration: tǔ dì guì zú

"土地贵族在历史上掌握了大量的财富和权力。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

지주 귀족 계층

Transliteration: jiju gwijok gyecheung

"영국의 지주 귀족 계층은 오랜 역사적 전통을 가지고 있다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

地主貴族

Transliteration: jinushi kizoku

"地主貴族は長い間、地方政治において優位を保っていた。"

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