Gentry

Pronunciation

Origin

From Old French genterise

Full definition of gentry

Noun

1. Birth; condition; rank by birth.
2. Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
3. People of education and good breeding.
4. (British) In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry.

Synonyms

• the quality, the Quality

Related terms

• gentrification