gentry
n.
people of good birth and breeding; aristocracy
Gentry
Gentry is a term that generally refers to a class of people. It has often referred to the class of people who owned land, but its precise meaning has varied both throughout history as well as according to which nation it is located within.
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Gentry (der)
n.
gentry, people of good birth and breeding; aristocracy
Gentry
(a.)
People of education and good breeding; in England, in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the yeomanry.
(a.)
Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
(a.)
Birth; condition; rank by birth.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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gentry
Noun
1. the most powerful members of a society
(synonym) aristocracy
(hypernym) upper class, upper crust
(hyponym) landed gentry, squirearchy