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Word | Gentry |
the most powerful members of a society / Birth / people of standing; class of people just below nobility / people of good social position, specifically (in the UK) the class of people next below the nobility in position and birth. / a obsolete : the qualities appropriate to a person of gentle birth; especially : courtesy b: the condition or rank of a gentleman / a: upper or ruling class : aristocracy b: a class whose members are entitled to bear a coat of arms though not of noble rank; especially : the landed proprietors having such status / people of a specified class or kind : folks no real heroes or heroines among the academic gentry — R. G. Hanvey, | |
Usage | ⇒ There is a special coach for the gentry in express trains ⇒ The local gentry did not welcome the visits of the summer tourists and tried to ignore their presence in the community. ⇒ poor tenant farmers working for landed gentry ⇒ a member of the landed gentry ⇒ Katherine is a member of the landed gentry |
Synonyms | aristocracy, nobility, gentlefolk, society, upper class, upper crust, elite, gentility, bourgeoisie, high society, flower, folk, folks, highborn, people, quality, upper classes, birth, blue blood, estate, |
Antonyms | plebeians, people, plebs, proletariat, riffraff, commoners, crowd, masses, mob, populace, rabble, rabblement, scum, trash, bourgeoisie, dregs, grassroots, herd, mass, middle class, |
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