1
as in aristocracy
the highest class in a society
poor tenant farmers working for landed gentry
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as in class
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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Recent Examples of gentry
Grammer will play Lord Fairfax, the unofficial leader of the Virginia gentry who has a complicated relationship to young George Washington as both his crucial mentor and as the father of his romantic rival.
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Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
This differed from Europe, where land ownership was immobilized by gentry classes who housed and employed farmers.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
These bodies have historically overwhelmingly catered to a tiny sliver of the population — predominantly white, gentry liberals.
—Haisten Willis, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025
Members of Virginia’s gentry chafed at this ban, and Washington had spent years lobbying Dunmore to use his influence to reverse this restriction.
—Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
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Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
This differed from Europe, where land ownership was immobilized by gentry classes who housed and employed farmers.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
These bodies have historically overwhelmingly catered to a tiny sliver of the population — predominantly white, gentry liberals.
—Haisten Willis, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025
Members of Virginia’s gentry chafed at this ban, and Washington had spent years lobbying Dunmore to use his influence to reverse this restriction.
—Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gentry
Noun
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Victor comes from the aristocracy.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
8 Nov. 2025
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Dark Renaissance will teach you a great deal about Marlowe’s brilliance and the Elizabethan era—its theater, the aristocracy, the spy craft, and the finer points of drawing and quartering religious dissidents.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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The International Energy Agency turned out to be less resigned to the things that exist and capped this class of emissions at 5 per cent.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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As has so often occurred, the billionaire class has sought to convince those making $30 an hour that their enemies are those earning $20 an hour.—
TIME Video,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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The Garfield of the book is, so far anyway, the Garfield of the show, carrying a humility and nobility that’s frankly disconcerting coming from Michael Shannon, who’s usually cast as more wayward types.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
6 Nov. 2025
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De Saint Sernin’s spring show was inspired by his French nobility roots, specifically his grandmother, who was a countess.—
Margaux Anbouba,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2025
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Just as MBAs worldwide have spawned a managerial caste — the foot soldiers of the corporate world — the reckoning schools produced their own commercial caste.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Nov. 2025
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This early modern period would set the foundations of the rise of the transatlantic slave trade and a new form of slavery—hereditary racial slavery—that would be central to the creation of the racial-caste hierarchy and to the rise of Britain’s wealthy and brutal Caribbean slave empire.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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Just ask the folks who’ve made the college basketball committee which is currently pondering expanding its beautiful bracket to 76 teams.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Many of them only got a few appearances under their belts, and five unlucky folks got just one.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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This can support the aircraft’s weight, allowing a gentle descent with the wings level.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
8 Nov. 2025
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Therefore, the present work supports the belief that rational materials design at both the macro and atomic levels can solve long-standing challenges, according to a press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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And per real-estate appraiser Jonathan Miller, the average rental price went up by 28 percent in that time period — from $3,550 to $4,550.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
5 Nov. 2025
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Emma Darwin is surrounded by memories of her late husband at Down House, their beautiful estate.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Gentry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gentry. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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