gentry
Birth; condition; rank by birthBirth; condition; rank by birth.
» Most authors come from petty gentry.
rul · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)Birth; condition; rank by birth.
Oberschicht
(countable, uncountable)Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
(countable, uncountable)People of education and good breeding.
landed gentry
English gentry
Bildungsbürgertum
(UK, countable, uncountable)In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry.
- the most powerful members of a society
Examples
2 sentencesMost authors come from petty gentry.
Tom's ancestor was a member of England's landed gentry.
Родоначальник Тома був членом земельної шляхти Англії. — Ahha · CC BY 2.0 FR
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Old French genterie (“noble people collectively; nobility of character or manners”),From Old French genterie (“noble people collectively; nobility of character or manners”), from gent (“well-born”) + -erie.
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Forms
plural: gentriesSynonyms
2 synonyms- the most powerful members of a society:aristocracy
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable