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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, esp. those owning large tracts of land.

5.	(used with a plural verb) people, esp. considered as a specific group, class, or kind: The polo crowd doesn't go there, but these hockey gentry do.

6.	the state or condition of being a gentleman.

[Origin: 1275–1325; ME < OF genterie. See gentile, gentle

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n. pl. gen·tries

People of gentle birth, good breeding, or high social position.
1. An upper or ruling class.
2. The class of English landowners ranking just below the nobility.
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.]

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gentry

1303, 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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gentry
noun
the most powerful members of a society

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Gentry County, MO (county, FIPS 75) Location: 40.21786 N, 94.41126 W
Population (1990): 6848 (3232 housing units)
Area: 1273.1 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)

Gentry, AR (city, FIPS 26290) Location: 36.26681 N, 94.48285 W
Population (1990): 1726 (684 housing units)
Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 72734

Gentry, MO (village, FIPS 26776) Location: 40.33309 N, 94.42354 W
Population (1990): 95 (48 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 64453

Ewa Gentry, HI (CDP, FIPS 7470) Location: 21.34415 N, 158.03078 W
Population (1990): 1992 (752 housing units)
Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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Gentry

Gen"ter*ie\, Gentrie \Gen"trie\, n. [OE. See Gentry.] Nobility of birth or of character; gentility. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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