Timeline for What is Gentleman of property (and standing)?
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| Feb 25, 2022 at 7:01 | comment | added | Richard Winters | More to the point, "and standing" means they are socially accepted within the community of other wealthy people. You can compare the treatment of so-called "new money" individuals, who might be fabulously wealthy, but don't act like people who have had lots of money for many generations, and so are not socially accepted by that group. | |
| Feb 24, 2022 at 22:13 | history | edited | Glorfindel♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 10, 2016 at 11:02 | comment | added | djna | Standing implies acceptance within society. In principle a person might have social standing without having property or might have property and less social standing (somehow having earned one's wealth can diminish one's standing) but in general the two will go together. You might watch the BBC Sitcom "To the Manor Born" to get some idea of the difference. | |
| Sep 10, 2016 at 11:01 | history | edited | Jasper | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 10, 2016 at 11:00 | comment | added | Jasper | "A gentleman of property and standing" is implied to be respected within his community. This is consistent with the meaning of "A gentleman of property", but is also more specific. "Good pedigree" implies that his ancestors were respected. | |
| Sep 10, 2016 at 10:54 | history | edited | Jasper | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 10, 2016 at 10:37 | history | edited | Jasper | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 10, 2016 at 10:30 | comment | added | Rucheer M | Can we add 'standing' in this idiomatic expression as some websites show me the result: A gentleman of property and standing? Does 'standing' change the meaning? | |
| Sep 10, 2016 at 10:26 | history | answered | Jasper | CC BY-SA 3.0 |