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gentry noun [ ˈdʒɛntri ]

• people of good social position, specifically the class of people next below the nobility in position and birth.
• "a member of the landed gentry"
Similar: the upper classes, the upper middle class, the privileged classes, the wealthy, the elite, high society, the establishment, the haut monde, the county set, the smart set, bhadralok, the upper crust, the jet set, the beautiful people, the crème de la crème, the top drawer, nobs, toffs, swells,
Origin: late Middle English (in the sense ‘superiority of birth or rank’): from Anglo-Norman French genterie, based on gentil (see gentle1).


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