Associations to the word «Gentry»
Noun
- Nobility
- Aristocracy
- Peasantry
- Stowe
- Peerage
- Curt
- Burke
- Tradesman
- Clique
- Montgomery
- Stretcher
- Devonshire
- Billie
- Teddy
- Ode
- Landowner
- Nobles
- Shropshire
- Commoner
- Confucianism
- Esquire
- Clergy
- Merry
- Peasant
- Serf
- Magnate
- Loft
- Aristocrat
- Yeomanry
- Burgher
- Alvin
- Artisan
- Retainer
- Nobleman
- Jacobite
- Merchant
- Pastime
- Devon
- Royalist
- Tenant
- Parliamentarian
- Fowler
- Patronage
- Austen
- Cherry
- Whig
- Elite
- Rafter
- Puritan
- Sonora
- Shopkeeper
- Owen
- Meredith
- Labourer
- Mongol
- Bureaucrat
- Planter
- Minnie
- Landlord
- Cossack
- Melvin
- Bureaucracy
- Burgess
- Suffolk
- Manor
- Magistrate
- Capitalist
- Warwickshire
- Fission
- Eunuch
- Visitation
- Sung
- Irish
- Cromwell
- Angie
- Estate
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
GENTRY, noun. Birth; condition; rank by birth.
GENTRY, noun. Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
GENTRY, noun. People of education and good breeding.
GENTRY, noun. (British) In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry.
GENTRY, proper noun. A surname.
Dictionary definition
GENTRY, noun. The most powerful members of a society.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.