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Synonyms & Antonyms of gentry
1
the highest class in a society
- poor tenant farmers working for landed gentry
Synonyms for gentry
- aristocracy,
- elite,
- gentility,
- gentlefolk
- (also gentlefolks),
- nobility,
- patriciate,
- quality,
- upper class,
- upper crust
Words Related to gentry
- A-list,
- beau monde,
- beautiful people,
- café society,
- Four Hundred
- (or 400),
- glitterati,
- haut monde
- (also haute monde),
- jet set,
- society
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2
one of the segments of society into which people are grouped
- the old-line yachting gentry frowns on vulgar displays of wealth
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The first known use of gentry was in the 14th century
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