gentry

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
11
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈd͡ʒɛntɹi/

Definition of gentry

8 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Birth; condition; rank by birth.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Birth; condition; rank by birth.
  2. (countable, uncountable)Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
  3. (countable, uncountable)People of education and good breeding.
    “landed gentry”
    “English gentry”
    “wealthy gentry”
    “The manor was owned by the local gentry.”
    “She wrote novels about the rural gentry.”
  4. (British, countable, uncountable)In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry.

name

  1. A surname.
  2. A place in the United States:
  3. A place in the United States:
  4. A place in the United States:

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Etymology

From Old French genterie (“noble people collectively; nobility of character or manners”), from gent (“well-born”) + -erie.

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