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gentlefolk

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gen·tle·folk  (jntl-fk) also gen·tle·folks (-fks)
pl.n.
Persons of good family and relatively high station.
gentlefolk [ˈdʒɛntəlˌfəʊk], gentlefolks
pl n
persons regarded as being of good breeding
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Noun1.gentlefolk - people of good family and breeding and high social status
common people, folk, folks - people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next"
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gentlefolk
pl (dated) → vornehme or feine Leute pl


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The huntsman stood halfway up the knoll holding up his whip and the gentlefolk rode up to him at a footpace; the hounds that were far off on the horizon turned away from the hare, and the whips, but not the gentlefolk, also moved away.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
The handsome old man, with black grizzled beard and thick silvery hair, stood motionless, holding a cup of honey, looking down from the height of his tall figure with friendly serenity at the gentlefolk, obviously understanding nothing of their conversation and not caring to understand it.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
And there were gentlefolk around it, and other gentlefolk sitting down.
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