as many a country squire

language: de

definitions

  1. A literary or archaic way to express a large number of individual landed gentlemen living in the countryside.
    de: Viele Landadelige

examples

  1. During his travels through the shire, he encountered as many a country squire as one could possibly count.

    Während seiner Reisen durch die Grafschaft begegnete er so vielen Landadeligen, wie man zählen konnte.