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  • n  the gentry who own land (considered as a class)
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  • The Spanish Aristocrat Who Works For North Korea
    The sun-soaked Spanish Riviera isn't where you'd expect to find a faithful foot soldier of North Korea. But that's exactly what Alejandro Cao de Benos calls himself. Cao de Benos, 38, is believed to be the only Westerner ever employed by the North Korean government. He's a Spanish aristocrat, born to a family of landed gentry in northeast Spain, where he agreed to meet NPR for an interview one ...
    July 20, 2013 - KERA North Texas

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