gentry

Значение (Английский)

  1. (countable, uncountable) Birth; condition; rank by birth.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
  3. (countable, uncountable) People of education and good breeding.
  4. (British, countable, uncountable) In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry.

Частота

C2
Произносится как (IPA)
/ˈd͡ʒɛntɹi/
Этимология (Английский)

From Old French genterie (“noble people collectively; nobility of character or manners”), from gent (“well-born”) + -erie.

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