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 [ˈdʒɛntrɪ]

n

1. persons of high birth or social standing; aristocracy

2. Brit persons just below the nobility in social rank

3. Informal, often derogatory people, esp of a particular group or kind

[from Old French genterie, from gentil gentle]

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 Most of the country estates were built by the landed gentry during the 19th century.

Translations

gentry [ˈdʒentrɪ] N (Brit) → alta burguesía f, pequeña aristocracia f (pej) → familias fpl bien, gente f bien; (= set of people) → gente f

gentry [ˈdʒɛntri] n → gentry f

gentry

pl

→ Gentry f, → niederer Adel

(dated pej: = people) → Leute pl

gentry [ˈdʒɛntrɪ] npl → piccola nobiltà

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gentry [ˈdʒɛntrɪ] npl → piccola nobiltà