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ALL meanings of gentry

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  • noun gentry wellborn and well-bred people. 1
  • noun gentry (in England) the class below the nobility. 1
  • noun gentry an upper or ruling class; aristocracy. 1
  • noun gentry those who are not members of the nobility but are entitled to a coat of arms, especially those owning large tracts of land. 1
  • noun gentry (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. 1
  • noun gentry the state or condition of being a gentleman. 1
  • noun gentry People of good social position, specifically (in the UK) the class of people next below the nobility in position and birth. 1
  • noun gentry upper class 1
  • noun plural gentry The gentry are people of high social status or high birth. 0
  • noun gentry persons of high birth or social standing; aristocracy 0
  • noun gentry persons just below the nobility in social rank 0
  • noun gentry people, esp of a particular group or kind 0
  • noun gentry rank resulting from birth; esp., high rank 0
  • noun gentry people of high social standing; esp., in Great Britain, the class of landowning people ranking just below the nobility 0
  • noun gentry people of a particular class or group 0
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