gentry (redirected from gentries)

gen·try  (jntr)

n. pl. gen·tries

1. People of gentle birth, good breeding, or high social position.

2.

a. An upper or ruling class.

b. The class of English landowners ranking just below the nobility.

3. People of a particular class or group: another commuter from the suburban gentry.

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[Middle English gentri, nobility of birth, from Old French genterie, variant of genterise, gentilise, from gentil, noble; see gentle.]

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gentry

Noun

Brit old-fashioned people just below the nobility in social rank [Old French genterie]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gentry - the most powerful members of a society aristocracy upper class, upper crust - the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy landed gentry, squirearchy - the gentry who own land (considered as a class)

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gentry

noun nobility, lords, elite, nobles, upper class, aristocracy, peerage, ruling class, patricians, upper crust (informal) gentility, gentlefolk

Translations

gentry [ˈdʒɛntrɪ] npl → pequeña nobleza sg

gentry [ˈdʒɛntrɪ] n → petite noblesse

gentry [ˈdʒɛntrɪ] n inv the gentry → die Gentry, der niedere Adel

gentry [ˈdʒɛntrɪ] n → nobiltà minore