as many a country squire
definitions
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A literary or archaic way to express a large number of individual landed gentlemen living in the countryside.fr: Nombreux châtelains ruraux
examples
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During his travels through the shire, he encountered as many a country squire as one could possibly count.
Lors de ses voyages à travers le comté, il rencontra autant de châtelains ruraux qu'on pouvait en compter.