gentry
wellborn and well-bred people.
(in England) the class below the nobility.
an upper or ruling class; aristocracy.
those who are not members of the nobility but are entitled to a coat of arms, especially those owning large tracts of land.
(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.
the state or condition of being a gentleman.
Origin of gentry
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How to use gentry in a sentence
gentry didn’t just argue that the most valuable use of the property was apartments, he said that the Union-Tribune’s analysis was incorrect because it only compared the hotel purchases to other hotel purchases.
Appraisals Undermine Housing Commission’s Defense of Hotel Purchases | Andrew Keatts | June 30, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoNeither gentry or Pavco mentioned it in their board presentation, and no board members asked any questions about it.
Housing Commission Broker Invested in Company Before $67M Hotel Purchase | Andrew Keatts | May 21, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoBut the new rich, particularly the young, tend to be more progressive, or at least gentry liberal.
Last week was a good week for natural gas, but a bad one for green gentry liberalism.
‘Downton Abbey’ Democrats May Cost their Party the Senate | Lloyd Green | March 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTgentry domination requires allies with a broader social base and their own political power.
California’s New Feudalism Benefits a Few at the Expense of the Multitude | Joel Kotkin | October 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The urban gentry and intelligentsia, though, disdained this voluntary migration.
The Triumph of Suburbia: Despite Downtown Hype, Americans Choose Sprawl | Joel Kotkin | April 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Beltway gentry gets a great deal on government-provided health care—but they think your plan needs cutting.
D.C. Elites Agree on Medicare RX: Cuts for Thee, but Not for Me | Lloyd Green | March 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe miserable ignorance of the peasantry is a disgrace to the landed gentry, and loudly calls for reform.
The World Before Them | Susanna MoodieIt was played by particular request of one of the pepper-and-salt gentry.
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches | William Makepeace ThackerayThe Tory gentry, who were powerful in all the counties, had special grievances.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayIn the two other parts the tradespeople and the gentry reside; they have an incomparably better aspect.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferNone but nobles and gentry are knights, and none but these will remain to dance to our music after that episode.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
British Dictionary definitions for gentry
/ (ˈdʒɛntrɪ) /
persons of high birth or social standing; aristocracy
British persons just below the nobility in social rank
informal, often derogatory people, esp of a particular group or kind
Origin of gentry
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