| 单词 | gentry |
| 释义 | gentry /jen"tree/, n. 1. wellborn and well-bred people. 2. (in England) the class below the nobility. 3. an upper or ruling class; aristocracy. 4. those who are not members of the nobility but are entitled to a coat of arms, esp. those owning large tracts of land. 5. (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. 6. the state or condition of being a gentleman. [1275-1325; ME < OF genterie. See GENTILE, GENTLE] |
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