Synonyms for gentry
ˈdʒɛn trigen·t·ry

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1. gentrynoun

   Synonyms:
   the Quality, the quality

2. gentrynoun

   Birth; condition; rank by birth.

   Synonyms:
   the quality, the Quality

3. gentrynoun

   Courtesy; civility; complaisance.

   Synonyms:
   the Quality, the quality

4. gentrynoun

   People of education and good breeding.

   Synonyms:
   the quality, the Quality

5. gentrynoun

   In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry.

   Synonyms:
   the Quality, the quality

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1. gentry, aristocracynoun

   the most powerful members of a society

   Synonyms:
   nobility, aristocracy

Matched Categories

1. • Upper Class

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1. gentrynoun

   Synonyms:
   [England.] middle class (between the nobility and the vulgar)

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1. Sir Thomas Browne:

   There is a rabble among the gentry as well as the commonalty; a sort of plebeian heads whose fancy moves with the same wheel as these men?in the same level with mechanics, though their fortunes do sometimes gild their infirmities and their purses compound for their follies.

2. Gerry McGovern:

   In Britain, it was always the vehicle of the landed gentry, the establishment, the farmers, the people who lived out in the country, that went shooting, all this sort of thing, it still has that. It still has a core following, but it's much more than that now. It's entrepreneurs, it's people that are successful, it's people that are creatively minded, or design literate.

3. Herman Melville:

   There is the grand truth about Nathaniel Hawthorne. He says NO! in thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes. For all men who say yes, lie; and all men who say no,why, they are in the happy condition of judicious, unincumbered travellers in Europe; they cross the frontiers into Eternity with nothing but a carpet-bag,that is to say, the Ego. Whereas those yes-gentry, they travel with heaps of baggage, and, damn them! they will never get through the Custom House.

4. Alvin Gentry:

   Youve got to get yourself in basketball shape, conditioning-wise, and thats going to be a process. Hes eager to be out there and all of his teammates are eager for him to be out there, but its a step by step process that weve got to take so that its done the right way, Gentry addded. Theres no date, per se, but were hoping that its soon. After the Pelicans host the Bulls, they hit the road for games at New York on Friday, Boston on Saturday and Detroit on Monday before returning home to play Utah on Jan. 16. If the Pelicans want Williamson to make his debut in New Orleans, that game could be a candidate, or the following game against the visiting Los Angeles Clippers on Jan. 18. We want to make sure that everything is in place and well take our time.