Slender

A simple country gentleman.

Noun

  1. A simple country gentleman.
    • […] the fantastic pilgrimages imposed on the "Cousin Slenders" of the world by their more facetious comrades […] - 1833, James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, volume 7, page 427:
    • […] here also, behind the pillars, dark villains like Varney, and assassins like Iago, watched the simple country Slenders and the besotted Master Mathews, themselves grimly observed by honest water-carriers like Ben...
    • A walk through the pleasant little town of Cirencester upon a market day will show Slenders and Simples by the dozen. - 1877, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, volume 15, page 492:

Origin

From the character of Abraham Slender in Shakespeare's play The Merry Wives of Windsor.

Forms

Slenders