plural gentries
1
a
: upper or ruling class : aristocracy
b
: a class whose members are entitled to bear a coat of arms though not of noble rank
especially
: wealthy landowners having such status
2
: people of a specified class or kind : folks
no real heroes or heroines among the academic gentry—
R. G. Hanvey
R. G. Hanvey3
a
: the condition or rank of a gentleman
b
obsolete
: the qualities appropriate to a person of gentle (see gentle entry 1 sense 4a) birth
especially
: courtesy
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Examples of gentry in a Sentence
poor tenant farmers working for landed gentry
the old-line yachting gentry frowns on vulgar displays of wealth
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The Whitehaven neighborhood had developed in the late 19th century and attracted as residents the Memphis gentry.
—Michael T. Bertrand, The Conversation, 5 June 2024
Weather permitting but even in the occasional, rejuvenating drizzle, in wellies and hunting jackets like English gentry, Asher and Carol would tramp the grounds with the trio of dogs manic over every deer or rabbit.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2024
As Industry expands its scope outside the trading floor and into the halls of power—involving government officials, media moguls, and members of Britain’s landed gentry—the stakes are about more than just money.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
The Shondaland series — in a departure from the Julia Quinn book series it's based on — presented a revisionist history in which Queen Charlotte's Black ancestry made way for beautiful, brooding BIPOC landed gentry like Regé-Jean Page's Duke Simon Basset.
—Alanna Bennett, refinery29.com, 24 June 2024
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Michael T. Bertrand, The Conversation, 5 June 2024
Weather permitting but even in the occasional, rejuvenating drizzle, in wellies and hunting jackets like English gentry, Asher and Carol would tramp the grounds with the trio of dogs manic over every deer or rabbit.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2024
As Industry expands its scope outside the trading floor and into the halls of power—involving government officials, media moguls, and members of Britain’s landed gentry—the stakes are about more than just money.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
The Shondaland series — in a departure from the Julia Quinn book series it's based on — presented a revisionist history in which Queen Charlotte's Black ancestry made way for beautiful, brooding BIPOC landed gentry like Regé-Jean Page's Duke Simon Basset.
—Alanna Bennett, refinery29.com, 24 June 2024
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“Gentry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gentry. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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