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
But to assume the weekend was all the sanctum of the media landed gentry would be to assume wrong.
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2025
Extreme caricatures of secondary figures (ancient maid, assorted daft gentry) keep us at an even further remove than the cameras do.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Because the imperial bureaucracy wasn’t large and did not penetrate to small towns or villages, much of local life was run by this gentry.
—Ian Johnson, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
Walter may have immigrated to England from Ireland; his wife, meanwhile, was a member of a lower gentry English family.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2025
Extreme caricatures of secondary figures (ancient maid, assorted daft gentry) keep us at an even further remove than the cameras do.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Because the imperial bureaucracy wasn’t large and did not penetrate to small towns or villages, much of local life was run by this gentry.
—Ian Johnson, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
Walter may have immigrated to England from Ireland; his wife, meanwhile, was a member of a lower gentry English family.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gentry
Noun
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According to Back, this intellectual aristocracy persisted until the dilution of Bloomsbury by new members from outside the family lineage.—
Jenny Noyce,
JSTOR Daily,
14 May 2025
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The landed aristocracy of Great Britain long ago discovered that to be a way to keep their inheritance intact.—
Miami Herasld Archives,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Activities such as ocean swimming sessions and stand-up paddle boarding, as well as Wim Hof breathing and cold endurance classes, are on offer.—
Zoe Baillargeon,
Travel + Leisure,
28 June 2025
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Grant is quick to acknowledge how his own behavior as a customer was reformed by his temporary fall from the laptop class.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
28 June 2025
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Meanwhile, the Left Bank, or Rive Gauche, lies on the more discreet side with its hôtels particuliers, mansions, and grand townhouses built by French nobility when Louis XIV’s court traded Paris for Versailles.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
26 June 2025
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Elegant women and dandies rapidly flocked to it, including royalty and nobility such as the Countess of Castiglione, Princess of Metternich, Prince of Wales and Duchess of Berry.—
Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Mishra sums it up by saying that nobody outside of India gets the concept of caste (without denying that privileged upper caste Indians don’t get it either).—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
22 May 2025
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Led by the example of captain Aleksander Barkov, there is no caste system evident, no star-system in attitude.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
23 May 2025
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There’s enough genre elements in this worst-case-scenario parable, from righteous kills to gory sieges to tense cat-and-mouse games, to satisfy folks who just want a few pleasurably cheap thrills.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
5 July 2025
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Many folks know of the color-changing capabilities of hydrangeas, but keep reading for a few tips on how to properly care for them beyond adjusting soil pH. Hydrangeas prefer moist, well-draining soil and a sheltered spot with partial shade.—
Dr. Nick Goltz,
Hartford Courant,
5 July 2025
Noun
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Is your irritability to the level where your children might notice or your husband might have some comments about the irritability?—
Essence,
Essence,
5 July 2025
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The voters did not approve any of the new restrictions passed by the Senate and debated in the House that include reducing the number of plants that can be grown in a home from 12 to six, lowering the THC level from extracts from 90% to 70% and banning sharing between adults.—
J.D. Davidson,
The Washington Examiner,
5 July 2025
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In 1977, Peter Murray, a lecturer in art history, had the modest idea of putting some sculptures on the grounds of the 18th-century Bretton Hall estate in Wakefield, West Yorkshire—a city that was the proud birthplace of sculptors Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth.—
Kin Woo,
Vogue,
30 June 2025
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Located in Wheaton, Illinois, Cantigny Park is the 500-acre former estate of Colonel Robert R. McCormick, the longtime editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune.—
Janet B. Carson,
Arkansas Online,
29 June 2025
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“Gentry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gentry. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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