gentry

/ˈdʒɛntɹi/ · noun

Meaning

Birth; condition; rank by birth.
Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
People of education and good breeding.
In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

aristocracy(English)elite(English)patricians(English)gentlefolk(English)upper-class(English)nobility(English)bluebloods(English)socialites(English)peerage(English)peasant(English)peasants(English)estates(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

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