gentry
See also: Gentry
English
Etymology
From Old French genterise.
Pronunciation
- enPR: jĕnʹtrē, IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛntɹi/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛntɹi
- Hyphenation (US): gen‧try
Noun
gentry (countable and uncountable, plural gentries)
- Birth; condition; rank by birth.
- Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
- People of education and good breeding.
- (Britain) In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry.
Synonyms
- the quality, the Quality
Derived terms
- gentry cove
- gentry mort
- landed gentry
Related terms
- gentrification
Translations
rank by birth
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courtesy, civility
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people of education and good breeding
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people between nobility and yeomanry
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