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gentry.

Birth; condition; rank by birth.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈd͡ʒɛntɹi/
  1. Birth; condition; rank by birth.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Courtesy; civility; complaisance.

    countable · uncountable
  3. People of education and good breeding.

    countable · uncountable
    landed gentry
    English gentry
  4. In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry.

    UK · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Old French genterie (“noble people collectively; nobility of character or manners”), from gent (“well-born”) + -erie.

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