gentry

See also: Gentry

English

Etymology

From Old French genterise.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛntɹɪ/
• (General American, Canada) enPR: jĕnʹtrē, IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛntɹi/

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• Rhymes: -ɛntɹi
• Hyphenation (US): gen‧try

Noun

gentry (countable and uncountable, plural gentries)

1. Birth; condition; rank by birth.
2. Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
3. People of education and good breeding.
4. (Britain) In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry.

Synonyms

• the quality, the Quality

Related terms

• gentrification

Translations

rank by birth

• Finnish: syntyperä (fi)

curtesy, civility

• Finnish: sivistyneisyys (fi)

• Georgian: ზრდილობა (zrdiloba), ცივილურობა (civiluroba)

people of education and good breeding

• Finnish: herrasväki

• Georgian: კეთილშობილნი (ḳetilšobilni)

people between nobility and yeomanry

• Georgian: აზნაურობა (aznauroba)