gens¹ /jenz or gāns/

1. (in ancient Rome) a clan including several families descended from a common ancestor
2. A tribe or clan, group of families (anthropology). See also Gentile

gens togata /tō-gäˈtə/ noun

The toga-wearing nation, ie the Romans

gens² /zhã/ (French)

People

gens de bien /də byɛ̃/ plural noun

Honest, respectable people

gens de condition /də kɔ̃-dēs-yɔ̃/ plural noun

People of rank

gens d’église /dā-glēz/ plural noun

Churchmen and churchwomen

gens de guerre /də ger/ plural noun

Military men

gens de lettres /də letr’/ plural noun

Men and women of letters

gens de loi /də lwa/ plural noun

Lawyers

gens de peu /də pø/ plural noun

People of humble condition

gens du monde /dü mɔ̃d/ plural noun

People of fashion

gen /jen/ (slang)

1. General information
2. The low-down or inside information

gen up (genning up; genned up)

To learn (with on)

• circumducing
• circumduct
• circumducted
• circumducting
• circumduction
• circumductions
• circumductory
• circumducts
• circumference
• circumferences
• circumferential
• circumferentially
• circumferentor
• circumferentors
• circumflect
• circumflected
• circumflecting
• circumflects
• circumflex
• circumflexed
• circumflexes
• circumflexing
• circumflexion
• circumflexions
• circumfluence