Associations to the word «Gentry»

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

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