"gentry" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɛntɹi/ Audio: en-us-gentry.ogg [US] Forms: gentries [plural]
enPR: jĕnʹtrē Rhymes: -ɛntɹi Etymology: From Old French genterise. By surface analysis, gentle (“well-born; of a good family or respectable birth”) + -ry (suffix indicating "a class, group, or collection of"). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}}, {{der|en|fro|genterise}} Old French genterise, {{surf|en|gentle|-ry||pos2=suffix indicating "a class, group, or collection of"|t1=well-born; of a good family or respectable birth}} By surface analysis, gentle (“well-born; of a good family or respectable birth”) + -ry (suffix indicating "a class, group, or collection of") Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} gentry (countable and uncountable, plural gentries)
  1. Birth; condition; rank by birth. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (rank by birth): syntyperä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-gentry-en-noun-NWEnDfZZ Disambiguation of 'rank by birth': 100 0 0 0
  2. Courtesy; civility; complaisance. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Collectives Translations (courtesy, civility): sivistyneisyys (Finnish), ზრდილობა (zrdiloba) (Georgian), ცივილურობა (civiluroba) (Georgian)
    Sense id: en-gentry-en-noun-xWRVBdYJ Disambiguation of Collectives: 4 54 17 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 61 5 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 66 5 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ry: 19 48 9 23 Disambiguation of 'courtesy, civility': 3 92 3 3
  3. People of education and good breeding. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (people of education and good breeding): herrasväki (Finnish), კეთილშობილნი (ḳetilšobilni) (Georgian)
    Sense id: en-gentry-en-noun-0~-MDEmc Disambiguation of 'people of education and good breeding': 2 2 93 3
  4. (British) In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry. Tags: British, countable, uncountable Translations (people between nobility and yeomanry): 仕紳 (Chinese Mandarin), 仕绅 (shìshēn) (Chinese Mandarin), 士紳 (Chinese Mandarin), 士绅 (shìshēn) (Chinese Mandarin), 縉紳 (Chinese Mandarin), 缙绅 (jìnshēn) (Chinese Mandarin), აზნაურობა (aznauroba) (Georgian)
    Sense id: en-gentry-en-noun-QsYCznem Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'people between nobility and yeomanry': 1 2 13 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: the quality, the Quality Derived forms: gentry cove, gentry mort, landed gentry Related terms: gentrification

Inflected forms

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