Definition of: gentry

(jen′trē) noun
1. People of good position or birth; in England, the upper class exclusive of the nobility.
2. Any specified class of people: commonly an ironical term.
3. Obs. Gentle birth or condition.
4. Obs. Urbanity; politeness. [Appar. a back formation from GENTRICE, incorrectly taken as a plural]

Most often used phrases:

landed gentry
montgomery gentry
local gentry
bobbie gentry
gentry family
teddy gentry
english gentry
curt gentry
catholic gentry
merry gentry
gentry families
gentry lee
gentry edition
gentry class
alvin gentry

'gentry' used in domains:

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lord-and-gentry.com
baker-gentry.com
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gentry-management.com
billgentrylaw.com

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"gentry" has the frequency of use of 0.0001% on city-data.com forum

"gentry" has the frequency of use of 0.0003% on en.wikipedia.org.

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Definition of: gentry

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