concept
Lichnaya Dvoryanka (personal noblewoman)
personal gentlewoman
also: личная дворянка
A non-hereditary rank of Russian nobility, granted for one lifetime through a father's civil-service rank rather than passed by blood -- genteel status without matching wealth.
Reading notes
- Little Brother §4 personal gentlewoman
Lichnaya dvoryanka, "personal noblewoman": a non-hereditary rank of Russian nobility, granted for one lifetime through a father's civil-service rank rather than passed by blood -- a genteel status without the wealth to match, central to the siblings' pretensions.