"gentry" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɛntɹi/ Audio: en-us-gentry.ogg 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: 3 64 12 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ry, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 58 5 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ry: 18 48 9 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 76 7 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 61 8 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 81 5 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 8 50 16 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 52 16 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 9 49 15 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 7 75 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 55 7 29 Disambiguation of 'courtesy, civility': 3 92 3 2
  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), panstvo [neuter] (Czech), nižší šlechta (Czech), აზნაურობა (aznauroba) (Georgian), borghesia [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-gentry-en-noun-QsYCznem Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'people between nobility and yeomanry': 1 3 13 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: the quality, the Quality Derived forms: gentry bush, gentry cove, gentry mort, landed gentry Related terms: gentrification

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "people between nobility and yeomanry",
          "tags": [
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      "sense": "courtesy, civility",
      "word": "ზრდილობა"
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      "sense": "courtesy, civility",
      "word": "ცივილურობა"
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      "word": "herrasväki"
    },
    {
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    },
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      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aznauroba",
      "sense": "people between nobility and yeomanry",
      "word": "აზნაურობა"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "people between nobility and yeomanry",
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}

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