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Vinony

gentry

noun

  1. people of high social class, in particular of the land-owning social class
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛntɹi/

name

  1. A surname.
  2. A place in the United States:
  3. A place in the United States:
  4. A place in the United States:

noun

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”

  4. In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry.