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| gen·try [ jéntree ] |
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1. upper classes: the group of people who make up the upper social classes
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2. English social class: the English social class that ranks just below the aristocracy and consists of families who are not of noble birth but are entitled to have a coat of arms
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3. people: people of a particular kind
 the fur-clad gentry who live there
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| [14th century. < Old French genterie "nobility" < gentil (see gentle)] |
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