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Meaning of 乡绅

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乡 xiāng 绅 shēn (Trad.: 鄉紳)
a scholar or government official living in one's village; a village gentleman; squire
Example Sentences
1
白人
、
男性乡绅可以投票
。
The white, male landed gentry could vote.
2
不就是替一个有权有势的乡绅赶车吗
?
Does not he drive for Squire Make-a-stir?
3
地方势力
——
乡绅和军人
——
的地位仍未改变
。
Local power holders - the gentry and army men - remained in place.
4
他们当中除了那个目不识丁的执事
,
没有一个乡绅
。
There is not among them an esquire, saving the unlettered magistrate.
5
Joan
很快和
RalphdeMonthermer
坠入爱河并秘密结婚
。
Ralph
是
Joan
已故丈夫家族中的一个乡绅
。
Joan soon fell in love with and secretly married Ralph de Monthermer, a squire in the household of her late husband.