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or gentlepersons
as in nobles
a man or woman of high birth or social position
gentlepersons did not want to be seen keeping company with commoners
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Noun
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Across much of Europe until the 20th century, these cabin-like compartments would carry voyaging nobles over oceans and mountains in ‘bed carriages’ aboard ships and trains.—
Chloe Frost-Smith,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025 -
Casting black actors as Anglo-Saxon nobles is only the most in-your-face example of this problem.—
Will Collins,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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German elites, particularly the aristocrats who dominated the country’s military, industry, and bureaucracy, loathed the Weimar Republic.—
Time,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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Expedia is a new addition to the buyback aristocrats basket.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Gentlepeople.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gentlepeople. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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