gentry
noun/ˈd͡ʒɛntɹi/
Etymology From Old French genterie (“noble people collectively; nobility of character or manners”), from gent (“well-born”) + -erie.
1
Birth; condition; rank by birth.
2
Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
3
People of education and good breeding.
- landed gentry
- English gentry
3 more examples
- wealthy gentry
- The manor was owned by the local gentry.
- She wrote novels about the rural gentry.
4
UK In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry.
- Synonyms
- the quality, the Quality
- Derived terms
- gentrify, gentry bush, gentry cove, gentry mort, landed gentry
- Related terms
- gentrification