Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
honnêtes gens
English translation:
honourable (noble) people
Added to glossary by
Yolanda Broad
Jul 24, 2003 12:47
20 yrs ago
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French term
Charlotte
les honnêtes gens
Non-PRO
French to English
Art/Literary
1748 text written by Lord Chesterfield
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | the honourable people |
Charon
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| 4 | The Book of Good Manners |
William Stein
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| 4 | people of breeding |
Wyley Powell
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Proposed translations
5 mins
Selected
the honourable people
or: the noble people
(les honnêtes gens; a term later to infiltrate French Lumières; Illumination)
(les honnêtes gens; a term later to infiltrate French Lumières; Illumination)
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4 mins
William Stein
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Native in English
Costa Rica
Translations that read like originals
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK) 
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English, and 3 more.
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1737
The Book of Good Manners
That's a work by Lord Chamberlain but I'm not sure it corresponds.
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Note added at 2003-07-24 12:52:39 (GMT)
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Sorry, I meant \"Lord Chesterfield\"!
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Note added at 2003-07-24 12:54:30 (GMT)
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HallPhilosophy.com :: The Book of Good Manners
... The Book of Good Manners. Catalog: Book Manufacturer: Bellerophon Books Authors:
Fourth Earl of Chesterfield Philip Dormer Stanhope, Bellerophon Books, Fourth ...
hallphilosophy.com/.../0883881020/name/The%2520Book%2520of%2520Good%2520Manners/ browse/11059/page/1 - 9k - Cached - Similar pages
HallPoetry.com :: Lord Chesterfield\'s Letters
... apologia for chesterfield After reading a children\'s collection of Chesterfield\'s
writings (The Book of Good Manners) I decided to get this Oxford paperback ...
hallpoetry.com/.../AsinSearch/019283715X/name/Lord%2520Chesterfield%2527s%2520Letters/ browse/10098/page/1 - 15k - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 2003-07-24 12:52:39 (GMT)
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Sorry, I meant \"Lord Chesterfield\"!
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Note added at 2003-07-24 12:54:30 (GMT)
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HallPhilosophy.com :: The Book of Good Manners
... The Book of Good Manners. Catalog: Book Manufacturer: Bellerophon Books Authors:
Fourth Earl of Chesterfield Philip Dormer Stanhope, Bellerophon Books, Fourth ...
hallphilosophy.com/.../0883881020/name/The%2520Book%2520of%2520Good%2520Manners/ browse/11059/page/1 - 9k - Cached - Similar pages
HallPoetry.com :: Lord Chesterfield\'s Letters
... apologia for chesterfield After reading a children\'s collection of Chesterfield\'s
writings (The Book of Good Manners) I decided to get this Oxford paperback ...
hallpoetry.com/.../AsinSearch/019283715X/name/Lord%2520Chesterfield%2527s%2520Letters/ browse/10098/page/1 - 15k - Cached - Similar pages
22 mins
people of breeding
Collins-Robert give "man of breeding" for "honnête homme."
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