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gentry

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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.

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

gentry
Noun
Brit old-fashioned people just below the nobility in social rank [Old French genterie]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gentrygentry - the most powerful members of a society
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)

gentry
noun nobility, lords, elite, nobles, upper class, aristocracy, peerage, ruling class, patricians, upper crust (informal) gentility, gentlefolk
Translations
gentry [ˈdʒɛntrɪ] nplpequeña nobleza sg
gentry [ˈdʒɛntrɪ] npetite noblesse
gentry [ˈdʒɛntrɪ] n inv the gentry → die Gentry, der niedere Adel
gentry [ˈdʒɛntrɪ] nnobiltà minore


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--To acknowledge the kindness with which it has been received in all the principal towns of England through which the Show has passed, and where it has been most favourably noticed by the respected conductors of the public Press, and by the Nobility and Gentry.
The parsonage here's a tumble-down place, sir, not fit for gentry to live in.
The people in it are landed gentry, and they will begin to ask me questions, and to busy themselves about me.
 
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