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noun
1.
wellborn and well-bred people.
2.
(in England) the class below the nobility.
3.
an upper or ruling class; aristocracy.
4.
those who are not members of the nobility but are entitled to a coat of arms, especially those owning large tracts of land.
5.
EXPAND(used with a plural verb) people, especially considered as a specific group, class, or kind: The polo crowd doesn't go there, but these hockey gentry do.
6.
COLLAPSEthe state or condition of being a gentleman.
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Gentry
is always a great word to know.
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Example Sentences
- Nobility and gentry were allowed to ride the coaches, but not soldiers and peasants.
- Meanwhile the traditional landed gentry were themselves becoming increasingly drawn into the world of commerce and finance.
- He discovered that he had invented a gentry almost as cynical as he was himself.
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Word Origin & History
gentry
c.1300, from O.Fr. genterise, variant of gentilise "noble birth, gentleness," from gentil (see gentle). Gentrify "to renovate inner-city housing to middle-class standards" is a 1972 formation. In Anglo-Ir., gentry was a name for "the fairies" (1880), and gentle could mean "enchanted" (1823).
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