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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—F

First Gentleman of Europe

A nickname given to George IV., who certainly was first in rank, but it would be sad indeed to think he was ever the most gentlemanly man in feeling, manners, and deportment. Louis d'Artois was so called also.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
First Grenadier of France
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