gentry
Meanings
Plural: gentries
Noun
- the most powerful members of a society
- Birth; condition; rank by birth.
- Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
- People of education and good breeding.
- In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry.
Origin / Etymology
From Old French genterie (“noble people collectively; nobility of character or manners”), from gent (“well-born”) + -erie.
Synonyms
aristocracy, the quality, the Quality
Scrabble Score: 10
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Words With Friends Score: 11
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