Gentry



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.绅士, 上等人
• ［英］ n.绅士, 上等人 ( class of people just below nobility)

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural gentries)

• Etymology: Middle English gentrie, alteration of gentrise
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. obsolete the qualities appropriate to a person of gentle birth; especially courtesy
  • b. the condition or rank of a gentleman
• 2.
  • 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
• 3. people of a specified class or kind ; folks <no real heroes or heroines among the academic gentry — R. G. Hanvey>

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