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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gen•try /ˈdʒɛntri/USA pronunciation n. [plural]- wellborn and well-bred people, as of an aristocracy.
See -gen-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gen•try ( jen′trē),USA pronunciation n. - wellborn and well-bred people.
- World History(in England) the class below the nobility.
- World Historyan upper or ruling class;
aristocracy. - World Historythose who are not members of the nobility but are entitled to a coat of arms, esp. those owning large tracts of land.
- (used with a pl. v.) people, esp. considered as a specific group, class, or kind:The polo crowd doesn't go there, but these hockey gentry do.
- the state or condition of being a gentleman.
- Old French genterie. See gentile, gentle
- Middle English 1275–1325
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: gentry /ˈdʒɛntrɪ/ n - Brit persons just below the nobility in social rank
- informal often derogatory people, esp of a particular group or kind
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French genterie, from gentil gentle |