Thesaurus: gentry

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1. a. Birth; condition; rank by birth.
2. a. People of education and good breeding; in England, in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the yeomanry.
3. a. Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
4. n. the most powerful members of a society
5. 1. Birth; condition; rank by birth. [Obs.] "Pride of gentrie." Chaucer. She conquers him by high almighty Jove, By knighthood, gentry, and sweet friendship's oath. Shak. 2. People of education and good breeding; in England, in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the yeomanry. Macaulay. 3. Courtesy; civility; complaisance. [Obs.] To show us so much gentry and good will. Shak.
6. n:100 n. the most powerful members of a society