gentlefolk

gen·tle·folk

noun pl \ˈjen-t^əl-ˌfōk\

Definition of GENTLEFOLK

: persons of gentle or good family and breeding

Variants of GENTLEFOLK

gen·tle·folk also gen·tle·folks \-ˌfōks\

Examples of GENTLEFOLK

1. <an 18th-century painter whose works are typically of well-dressed gentlefolk wooing and frolicking in sylvan settings>

First Known Use of GENTLEFOLK

1594

Rhymes with GENTLEFOLK

artichoke, at a stroke, Bolingbroke, chestnut oak, equivoque, fisherfolk, go for broke, herrenvolk, hub-and-spoke, masterstroke, ministroke, monocoque, mourning cloak, okeydoke, poison oak, Roanoke, thunderstroke, turkey oak, water oak, womenfolk