gentry

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gentry^¹

/ˈd͡ʒɛntɹi/

Rhymes with -ɛntɹi

Where it comes from

From Old French genterie (“noble people collectively; nobility of character or manners”), from gent (“well-born”) + -erie.

noun gentries

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

Similar: the quality, the Quality

Gentry^²

proper noun Gentrys · Gentries

countable, uncountable A surname.
countable, uncountable A city in Benton County, Arkansas.
countable, uncountable A village in Gentry County, Missouri.
countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Potter County, Texas.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: aristocracy, elite, patricians, gentlefolk, upper-class, nobility, bluebloods, socialites, well-born, genteel, squirearchy, quality, upper-crust, gentlehood, gentility, gentrice

noun

Similar: the quality, the Quality

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noun rank by birth

Deutsch	Oberschicht

noun people of education and good breeding

Deutsch	Bildungsbürgertum

noun people between nobility and yeomanry

中文	仕紳 /仕绅 shìshēn, 士紳 /士绅 shìshēn, 縉紳 /缙绅 jìnshēn
Italiano	borghesia

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@misc{gentry_2026,
  title = {gentry},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gentry},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}