gentryn.

Brit.

/ˈdʒɛntri/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɛntri/

Forms: Middle English gentire, Middle English gentirie, Middle English gentre, Middle English gentri, Middle English ientrie, Middle English–1500s genterye, Middle English–1500s gentrye, Middle English–1600s gentrie, Middle English– gentry; also Scottish pre-1700 gentre, 1700s gentrie.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymon: French gentrie.

Etymology: Apparently < Anglo-Norman gentrie, genterie, gentirie noble people collectively (13th or 14th cent.), nobility of character or manners (13th or 14th cent.), gentle birth (beginning of the 14th cent.) < gent gent adj. + -rie -ry suffix. Compare earlier gentility n., gentlery n., gentrice n.

†1.

a. Social rank or status by birth, esp. high social rank or status. Obsolete (chiefly Scottish in later use).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [noun]

highnesseOE

dignityc1230

worshiphead1340

gentryc1390

heighta1400

rank?c1430

portc1475

affair1480

stateliness1548

character1629

sublimitya1656

station1706

rate1707

elevatedness1731

tchin1861

c1390 (?c1350) St. Bernard l. 4 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 41 (MED) Seint Bernard born was..Of wondur noble kinred, Of gentrie and of goodhed.

a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 669 (MED) Gentyl men, for grete gentry, wene þat grete oþys beyn curteysy.

?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman ii. iv. sig. b. ij The verye nobylite is nat to be counted by blode and riches, the whiche rather standeth in noble actis and vertue: and thou with all thy gentrye shall lye vnknowen.

1605 B. Jonson Sejanus v. i. 569 We haue raised Seianus, from obscure, and almost vnknowne Gentry .

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess iii. 124 We need na ly an' lippen To what to us may frae our gentrie happen.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 308 MacCasquil..feeling the propriety of asserting his gentry in presence of Mr. Pleydell and Colonel Mannering.

b. The quality or rank of being a gentleman. Obsolete (rare and archaic after 17th cent.).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [noun] > gentleman > quality or rank of gentleman

gentry1447

gentlemanship1541

gentility1642

1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 8462 Crystys seruage ys grettest genterye.

1525 R. Whitford tr. Hugh of St. Victor Expos. iii. in tr. St. Augustine Rule f. xxxij Saynt Augustyn wyll not that religyon sholde make persones of lowe byrth & hardnes to be delycate gentylmen. as though theyr gentry & ryches stode in delycate fare.

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 11 Yeomen..that will not..change their condition, nor desire to be apparayled with the titles of Gentrie.

1615 T. Overbury et al. New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. K8^v His Gentry sits as ill vpon him, as if hee had bought it with his penny.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 134 The Provost told me..that our acquaintance, the Devil's Dick, was to wave his gentry.

†2. The characteristics traditionally associated with high social standing; chivalry, courtesy, honourableness. Also as a count noun: a courteous or honourable act. Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > good manners or polite behaviour > as a result of good breeding

gentilesse1340

gentryc1390

afaitementc1400

gentleness?c1400

gentility1590

breeding1600

good breeding1603

genteelism1849

c1390 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 131 Wheþer gentrie tauȝt hire so or nouȝt, I con not telle ȝou.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Ellesmere) (1877) §601 Hem that..holden it a gentrie or a manly dede to swere grete othes.

a1500 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Chetham) l. 211 For thy genterye Thus cowardly let me nat dye.

1595 Pleasant Quippes for Vpstart Gentle-women sig. B3 They are but puppets richlie dight, True Gentrie they haue put to flight.

1623 R. Abbot Hand of Fellowship 56 How shall we striue to adorne them with testimonies of true Gentry more than by praying vnto God.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. iii. 52 I have gentry enough to pass the trick on Tony Fire-the-Faggot, and that will do for the matter in hand.

†3. A popular fashion or custom of people of high social rank or status. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > the or a prevailing fashion

gentryc1400

the fashion1569

mainstream1599

the trim1603

mood1646

mode1649

vogue1649

beauty1653

à la mode1654

turn1695

the kick1699

goût1717

thing1734

taste1739

ton1769

nick1788

the tippy1790

twig1811

latest1814

dernier mot1834

ticket1838

kibosh1880

last cry1887

le (or the) dernier cri1896

flavour of the month (or week)1946

vague1962

c1400 Simonie (Peterhouse) (1991) l. 315 Þat is now þe gentry in chawmbre and eke in halle.

?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 154 Þat think þaim es a grete noblay and a grete gentry. And þe gentry of wymmen þare es to hafe smale fete.

c1475 (c1450) P. Idley Instr. to his Son (Cambr.) (1935) ii. A. l. 655 (MED) Gentilmen in youth be taught To swere grete othis, they sey for genterie; Euery boy weneth it be ennexed to curtesie.

a. People of high social rank or status; people of gentle birth or rank; the class to which they belong.See also landed gentry at landed adj.¹ Additions.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [noun]

gentle bloodc1300

genta1425

gentrya1525

gentility1583

gallantry1609

gentlery1609

second nobles1625

a1525 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Trin. Dublin) (1896) 100 (MED) Other of the selue gentrye..whych hyt war stronge to namen al by nam.

?1570 T. Drant Two Serm. i. sig. B.ij^v Let vs pray for all the Nobilitie, and genterie of this land, that they do not liue as the Giantes or noble men before Noes floud, without raigne, or rule.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. i. 18 I am brought hither Among th' Italian Gentry .

1791 C. Reeve School for Widows II. vi. 57 She admits no tradesmen's wives into her house: they must be born gentry.

1833 H. Martineau Loom & Lugger i. v. 90 The gentry of England are apparelled in smuggled goods.

1934 Daily Mail 1 Dec. 18/4 A pastime that Jeremiah Wilkes had seen fit to provide for the amusement of the local gentry.

2014 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 18 Nov. (Features section) 30 [A] documentary following eccentric members of the gentry and their employees.

†b. Gentlemen collectively. Frequently in gentry and ladies (cf. ladies and gentlemen). Obsolete.Some evidence could alternatively be interpreted as showing sense 4a.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [noun] > gentleman > collectively

bravery1616

gentry1619

chivalry1816

1619 J. T. Hunting of Pox sig. C3 Ne doe I heere of Ladies speake, nor Gentry in this land.

1645 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 191 Pleasant walks..where the gentry and ladies used to take the air.

1755 London Gaz. 14 Oct. The Function of Blessing the Colours of the first and second Tuscan Regiments was performed..on which Occasion many Ladies and Gentry were invited.

1918 North-China Herald 28 Sept. 745/2 A most interesting ceremony took place this afternoon attended by some of the leading Chinese gentry and ladies.

†a. In depreciative or humorous use. People collectively, without reference to rank. Also in extended use with reference to animals. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > people collectively > [noun]

lede971

folkOE

peoplea1300

peoplea1393

gentry1718

mense1899

1718 M. Prior Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 277 The many-color'd Gentry there above, By turns are rul'd by Tumult, and by Love.

1794 Ld. Nelson Let. 9 July in Dispatches & Lett. (1844) I. 431 My Agamemnon's Carpenter at Bastia made us much better platforms than these gentry.

1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. v. 261 For these gentry [the students] imbibed a great amount both of restlessness and capriciousness.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iv. xix. 232 The broken discourse of poultry and other lazy gentry in the afternoon sunshine.

b. Chiefly Irish English. Esp. in Irish folklore: the ‘little people’, the fairies. Cf. gentle adj., n., and adv., gentlefolk n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > collectively

fairya1375

good neighboura1585

faerie1612

good peoplea1692

small people1696

little people1719

Sidhe1724

gentrya1731

little mena1731

small folk1785

little folk1791

gentlefolk1795

the wee folk1819

good folk1820

Pharisee1823

gentle-people1832

fairyhood1844

folk of peace1875

a1731 G. Waldron Descr. Isle of Man 133 in Compl. Wks. (1731) There is no persuading them but that these Huntings are frequent in the Island, and that these little Gentry being too proud to ride on Manks Horses,..make use of the English and Irish ones.

1894 W. B. Yeats Celtic Twilight 94 The night-capped heads of faery-doctors may be thrust from their doors to see what mischief the ‘gentry’ are doing.

1956 S. H. Bell Erin's Orange Lily in Erin's Orange Lily & Summer Loanen (1996) v. 76 I heard them tell that on a moonlight night they could hear the rattle of the spades as the Gentry were setting a man's praties.

2011 B. Steiger Real Monsters 119 Most of the ancient texts declare that the ‘gentry,’ as they are often called, are of a middle nature, ‘between humans and angels.’

Compounds

C1. As a modifier, with the sense ‘of high social rank or status; of gentle birth’, as in gentry-man, gentry folk, etc.Recorded earliest in gentry cove n., gentry mort.

ΚΠ

1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. G.iii A gentrye cofe, a noble or gentle man. A gentry mort, A noble or gentle woman.

1680 R. L'Estrange Goodman Country 2 A Gentry man in our Town hath often said, that they are the true English Protestants, who profess and practise that Protestant Religion which was established by Law in the time of Queen Elizabeth, King James, and King Charles.

1788 J. Atkinson Match for Widow ii. 20 I visit now the gentry folk, With lancet, purge and pill, Have got a licence, wig and cloak, To either cure or kill.

1881 R. D. Blackmore Christowell (1882) ii Why, Parson Tom Short was the only gentry-man.

1924 A. D. H. Smith Porto Bello Gold xx. 281 One o' the grand gentry-folk.

1950 R. Davies in R. Brown & D. Bennett Anthol. Canad. Lit. in Eng. (1982) I. 622 Gentry ladies can't trust themselves alone with a man. They're that frisky they'd be at him at once. It's all the rich food they eat.

2014 Huntington Libr. Q. 77 444 Mary Steele, a well-to-do daughter of a prominent gentry family.

C2.

gentry bush n. now rare (esp. in Irish folklore) a thorny bush, esp. a hawthorn, said to be important or sacred to fairies; cf. sense 5b.

ΚΠ

1840 E. L. L. Wild Flowers from Glens v. 190 It [sc. a well] was overshadowed by the branches of a large old hawthorn (or gentry-bush, as it is called).

a1938 D. E. Mac Congáile MS Notebk. in Schools’ Coll. (Univ. Coll. Dublin, National Folklore Coll.) MXCVIII. 181 in www.duchas.ie (accessed 3 July 2020) Don't cut ‘gentry bushes’... Don't plough the land on the edge of them... Don't let farm animals near them.

1938 Ulster Jrnl. Archæol. 1 38 They'd take a quart or more [of milk] to empty in under the gentry bushes.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 143/2 Gentry bush, a fairy thorn.

gentry cove n. slang (originally Criminals' slang) a man of high social rank or status; a man of gentle birth; a gentleman.Now only in historical fiction.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [noun] > gentleman

idleman1331

gentleman1509

gent1535

gemmanc1550

gentmana1556

signor1583

gentilhomme1749

nib1819

gentry cove1837

1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) Peddelars Frenche sig. Giii A gentrye cofe, a noble or gentle man.

1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew ii. sig. F3 And Scraps of the Dainties of Gentry Cofe's Feast.

1837 B. Disraeli Venetia I. 153 The gentry cove will be romboyled by his dam.

1991 A. Quick Scandal xiv. 233 Mayhap 'e don't think savin' this gentry cove is the right thing.

† gentry-fashioned adj. Obsolete rare (perhaps) made in a style suited to the gentry.

ΚΠ

1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 132 The..gentry-fashioned old-style haunts of sleep!

† gentry state n. Obsolete rare the condition of being of high social rank or status; the condition of being of gentle birth.

ΚΠ

1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Buckingham sig. U.ii To gentrye state auauncing him from nought.

Derivatives

ˈgentryhood n. the condition or quality of being of high social rank or status; the condition or quality of being of gentle birth; cf. gentlehood n.

ΚΠ

1852 C. Crowe Adventures Beauty III. i. 2 The higher classes are brought up with the notion..that to do nothing—at least nothing that is useful—is an essential element of gentryhood.

1903 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 623/1 All the traditional traits of hereditary gentryhood seemed to be concentrated in her.

1996 E. B. Furguson Ashes of Glory iv. 56 Charmed by Old Dominion gentryhood, he saw it with a greater detachment than many who had been born directly into it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gentry
释义	gentryn. Brit. /ˈdʒɛntri/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛntri/ Forms: Middle English gentire, Middle English gentirie, Middle English gentre, Middle English gentri, Middle English ientrie, Middle English–1500s genterye, Middle English–1500s gentrye, Middle English–1600s gentrie, Middle English– gentry; also Scottish pre-1700 gentre, 1700s gentrie. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymon: French gentrie. Etymology: Apparently < Anglo-Norman gentrie, genterie, gentirie noble people collectively (13th or 14th cent.), nobility of character or manners (13th or 14th cent.), gentle birth (beginning of the 14th cent.) < gent gent adj. + -rie -ry suffix. Compare earlier gentility n., gentlery n., gentrice n. †1. a. Social rank or status by birth, esp. high social rank or status. Obsolete (chiefly Scottish in later use). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [noun] highnesseOE dignityc1230 worshiphead1340 gentryc1390 heighta1400 rank?c1430 portc1475 affair1480 stateliness1548 character1629 sublimitya1656 station1706 rate1707 elevatedness1731 tchin1861 c1390 (?c1350) St. Bernard l. 4 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 41 (MED) Seint Bernard born was..Of wondur noble kinred, Of gentrie and of goodhed. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 669 (MED) Gentyl men, for grete gentry, wene þat grete oþys beyn curteysy. ?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman ii. iv. sig. b. ij The verye nobylite is nat to be counted by blode and riches, the whiche rather standeth in noble actis and vertue: and thou with all thy gentrye shall lye vnknowen. 1605 B. Jonson Sejanus v. i. 569 We haue raised Seianus, from obscure, and almost vnknowne Gentry . View more context for this quotation 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess iii. 124 We need na ly an' lippen To what to us may frae our gentrie happen. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 308 MacCasquil..feeling the propriety of asserting his gentry in presence of Mr. Pleydell and Colonel Mannering. b. The quality or rank of being a gentleman. Obsolete (rare and archaic after 17th cent.). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [noun] > gentleman > quality or rank of gentleman gentry1447 gentlemanship1541 gentility1642 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 8462 Crystys seruage ys grettest genterye. 1525 R. Whitford tr. Hugh of St. Victor Expos. iii. in tr. St. Augustine Rule f. xxxij Saynt Augustyn wyll not that religyon sholde make persones of lowe byrth & hardnes to be delycate gentylmen. as though theyr gentry & ryches stode in delycate fare. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 11 Yeomen..that will not..change their condition, nor desire to be apparayled with the titles of Gentrie. 1615 T. Overbury et al. New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. K8^v His Gentry sits as ill vpon him, as if hee had bought it with his penny. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 134 The Provost told me..that our acquaintance, the Devil's Dick, was to wave his gentry. †2. The characteristics traditionally associated with high social standing; chivalry, courtesy, honourableness. Also as a count noun: a courteous or honourable act. Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > good manners or polite behaviour > as a result of good breeding gentilesse1340 gentryc1390 afaitementc1400 gentleness?c1400 gentility1590 breeding1600 good breeding1603 genteelism1849 c1390 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 131 Wheþer gentrie tauȝt hire so or nouȝt, I con not telle ȝou. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Ellesmere) (1877) §601 Hem that..holden it a gentrie or a manly dede to swere grete othes. a1500 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Chetham) l. 211 For thy genterye Thus cowardly let me nat dye. 1595 Pleasant Quippes for Vpstart Gentle-women sig. B3 They are but puppets richlie dight, True Gentrie they haue put to flight. 1623 R. Abbot Hand of Fellowship 56 How shall we striue to adorne them with testimonies of true Gentry more than by praying vnto God. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. iii. 52 I have gentry enough to pass the trick on Tony Fire-the-Faggot, and that will do for the matter in hand. †3. A popular fashion or custom of people of high social rank or status. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > the or a prevailing fashion gentryc1400 the fashion1569 mainstream1599 the trim1603 mood1646 mode1649 vogue1649 beauty1653 à la mode1654 turn1695 the kick1699 goût1717 thing1734 taste1739 ton1769 nick1788 the tippy1790 twig1811 latest1814 dernier mot1834 ticket1838 kibosh1880 last cry1887 le (or the) dernier cri1896 flavour of the month (or week)1946 vague1962 c1400 Simonie (Peterhouse) (1991) l. 315 Þat is now þe gentry in chawmbre and eke in halle. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 154 Þat think þaim es a grete noblay and a grete gentry. And þe gentry of wymmen þare es to hafe smale fete. c1475 (c1450) P. Idley Instr. to his Son (Cambr.) (1935) ii. A. l. 655 (MED) Gentilmen in youth be taught To swere grete othis, they sey for genterie; Euery boy weneth it be ennexed to curtesie. 4. a. People of high social rank or status; people of gentle birth or rank; the class to which they belong.See also landed gentry at landed adj.¹ Additions. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [noun] gentle bloodc1300 genta1425 gentrya1525 gentility1583 gallantry1609 gentlery1609 second nobles1625 a1525 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Trin. Dublin) (1896) 100 (MED) Other of the selue gentrye..whych hyt war stronge to namen al by nam. ?1570 T. Drant Two Serm. i. sig. B.ij^v Let vs pray for all the Nobilitie, and genterie of this land, that they do not liue as the Giantes or noble men before Noes floud, without raigne, or rule. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. i. 18 I am brought hither Among th' Italian Gentry . View more context for this quotation 1791 C. Reeve School for Widows II. vi. 57 She admits no tradesmen's wives into her house: they must be born gentry. 1833 H. Martineau Loom & Lugger i. v. 90 The gentry of England are apparelled in smuggled goods. 1934 Daily Mail 1 Dec. 18/4 A pastime that Jeremiah Wilkes had seen fit to provide for the amusement of the local gentry. 2014 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 18 Nov. (Features section) 30 [A] documentary following eccentric members of the gentry and their employees. †b. Gentlemen collectively. Frequently in gentry and ladies (cf. ladies and gentlemen). Obsolete.Some evidence could alternatively be interpreted as showing sense 4a. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [noun] > gentleman > collectively bravery1616 gentry1619 chivalry1816 1619 J. T. Hunting of Pox sig. C3 Ne doe I heere of Ladies speake, nor Gentry in this land. 1645 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 191 Pleasant walks..where the gentry and ladies used to take the air. 1755 London Gaz. 14 Oct. The Function of Blessing the Colours of the first and second Tuscan Regiments was performed..on which Occasion many Ladies and Gentry were invited. 1918 North-China Herald 28 Sept. 745/2 A most interesting ceremony took place this afternoon attended by some of the leading Chinese gentry and ladies. 5. †a. In depreciative or humorous use. People collectively, without reference to rank. Also in extended use with reference to animals. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > people > people collectively > [noun] lede971 folkOE peoplea1300 peoplea1393 gentry1718 mense1899 1718 M. Prior Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 277 The many-color'd Gentry there above, By turns are rul'd by Tumult, and by Love. 1794 Ld. Nelson Let. 9 July in Dispatches & Lett. (1844) I. 431 My Agamemnon's Carpenter at Bastia made us much better platforms than these gentry. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. v. 261 For these gentry [the students] imbibed a great amount both of restlessness and capriciousness. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iv. xix. 232 The broken discourse of poultry and other lazy gentry in the afternoon sunshine. b. Chiefly Irish English. Esp. in Irish folklore: the ‘little people’, the fairies. Cf. gentle adj., n., and adv., gentlefolk n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > collectively fairya1375 good neighboura1585 faerie1612 good peoplea1692 small people1696 little people1719 Sidhe1724 gentrya1731 little mena1731 small folk1785 little folk1791 gentlefolk1795 the wee folk1819 good folk1820 Pharisee1823 gentle-people1832 fairyhood1844 folk of peace1875 a1731 G. Waldron Descr. Isle of Man 133 in Compl. Wks. (1731) There is no persuading them but that these Huntings are frequent in the Island, and that these little Gentry being too proud to ride on Manks Horses,..make use of the English and Irish ones. 1894 W. B. Yeats Celtic Twilight 94 The night-capped heads of faery-doctors may be thrust from their doors to see what mischief the ‘gentry’ are doing. 1956 S. H. Bell Erin's Orange Lily in Erin's Orange Lily & Summer Loanen (1996) v. 76 I heard them tell that on a moonlight night they could hear the rattle of the spades as the Gentry were setting a man's praties. 2011 B. Steiger Real Monsters 119 Most of the ancient texts declare that the ‘gentry,’ as they are often called, are of a middle nature, ‘between humans and angels.’ Compounds C1. As a modifier, with the sense ‘of high social rank or status; of gentle birth’, as in gentry-man, gentry folk, etc.Recorded earliest in gentry cove n., gentry mort. ΚΠ 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. G.iii A gentrye cofe, a noble or gentle man. A gentry mort, A noble or gentle woman. 1680 R. L'Estrange Goodman Country 2 A Gentry man in our Town hath often said, that they are the true English Protestants, who profess and practise that Protestant Religion which was established by Law in the time of Queen Elizabeth, King James, and King Charles. 1788 J. Atkinson Match for Widow ii. 20 I visit now the gentry folk, With lancet, purge and pill, Have got a licence, wig and cloak, To either cure or kill. 1881 R. D. Blackmore Christowell (1882) ii Why, Parson Tom Short was the only gentry-man. 1924 A. D. H. Smith Porto Bello Gold xx. 281 One o' the grand gentry-folk. 1950 R. Davies in R. Brown & D. Bennett Anthol. Canad. Lit. in Eng. (1982) I. 622 Gentry ladies can't trust themselves alone with a man. They're that frisky they'd be at him at once. It's all the rich food they eat. 2014 Huntington Libr. Q. 77 444 Mary Steele, a well-to-do daughter of a prominent gentry family. C2. gentry bush n. now rare (esp. in Irish folklore) a thorny bush, esp. a hawthorn, said to be important or sacred to fairies; cf. sense 5b. ΚΠ 1840 E. L. L. Wild Flowers from Glens v. 190 It [sc. a well] was overshadowed by the branches of a large old hawthorn (or gentry-bush, as it is called). a1938 D. E. Mac Congáile MS Notebk. in Schools’ Coll. (Univ. Coll. Dublin, National Folklore Coll.) MXCVIII. 181 in www.duchas.ie (accessed 3 July 2020) Don't cut ‘gentry bushes’... Don't plough the land on the edge of them... Don't let farm animals near them. 1938 Ulster Jrnl. Archæol. 1 38 They'd take a quart or more [of milk] to empty in under the gentry bushes. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 143/2 Gentry bush, a fairy thorn. gentry cove n. slang (originally Criminals' slang) a man of high social rank or status; a man of gentle birth; a gentleman.Now only in historical fiction. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [noun] > gentleman idleman1331 gentleman1509 gent1535 gemmanc1550 gentmana1556 signor1583 gentilhomme1749 nib1819 gentry cove1837 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) Peddelars Frenche sig. Giii A gentrye cofe, a noble or gentle man. 1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew ii. sig. F3 And Scraps of the Dainties of Gentry Cofe's Feast. 1837 B. Disraeli Venetia I. 153 The gentry cove will be romboyled by his dam. 1991 A. Quick Scandal xiv. 233 Mayhap 'e don't think savin' this gentry cove is the right thing. † gentry-fashioned adj. Obsolete rare (perhaps) made in a style suited to the gentry. ΚΠ 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 132 The..gentry-fashioned old-style haunts of sleep! † gentry state n. Obsolete rare the condition of being of high social rank or status; the condition of being of gentle birth. ΚΠ 1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Buckingham sig. U.ii To gentrye state auauncing him from nought. Derivatives ˈgentryhood n. the condition or quality of being of high social rank or status; the condition or quality of being of gentle birth; cf. gentlehood n. ΚΠ 1852 C. Crowe Adventures Beauty III. i. 2 The higher classes are brought up with the notion..that to do nothing—at least nothing that is useful—is an essential element of gentryhood. 1903 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 623/1 All the traditional traits of hereditary gentryhood seemed to be concentrated in her. 1996 E. B. Furguson Ashes of Glory iv. 56 Charmed by Old Dominion gentryhood, he saw it with a greater detachment than many who had been born directly into it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1390
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