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Gentry
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What's The Definition Of Gentry?
[n] the most powerful members of a society
Synonyms | Synonyms for Gentry: aristocracy Related Terms | Find terms related to Gentry: absolute | aristocracy | better sort | body politic | bona fide | citizenry | common man | commonwealth | community | community at large | cream | elite | estate | everybody | Everyman | everyone | everywoman | factual | flower | folk | folks | general public | gentility | gentlefolk | gentlefolks | hard | honest | indubitable | John Doe | landed gentry | lesser nobility | men | nation | nationality | people | people in general | persons | petite noblesse | polity | populace | population | positive | Public | quality | real | reliable | samurai | sincere | society | squirearchy | state | sure-enough | true | trustworthy | unaffected | undesigning | undissembled | undoubted | unfeigned | unimpeachable | unquestionable | upper class | upper classes | upper crust | veritable | very | world | you and me See Also | landed gentry | squirearchy | upper class | upper crust Gentry In Webster's Dictionary \Gen"try\, n. [OE. genterie, gentrie, noble birth,
nobility, cf. gentrise, and OF. gentelise, genterise, E.
gentilesse, also OE. genteleri high-mindedness. See {Gent},
a., {Gentle}, a.]
1. Birth; condition; rank by birth. [Obs.] ``Pride of
gentrie.'' --Chaucer.
She conquers him by high almighty Jove, By
knighthood, gentry, and sweet friendship's oath.
--Shak.
2. People of education and good breeding; in England, in a
restricted sense, those between the nobility and the
yeomanry. --Macaulay.
3. Courtesy; civility; complaisance. [Obs.]
To show us so much gentry and good will. --Shak.
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