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gentry

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛntɹi/

The English word “gentry” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

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

Etymology

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

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