gentry
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) Birth; condition; rank by birth.
- (countable, uncountable) Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
- (countable, uncountable) People of education and good breeding.
- (British, countable, uncountable) In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry.
Synonyms
Translations
Leute
gentry
señorío
nobiltà
aristocraciaFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈd͡ʒɛntɹi/
Etymology
From Old French genterie (“noble people collectively; nobility of character or manners”), from gent (“well-born”) + -erie.
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