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gentry

[jen-tree] / ˈdʒɛn tri /
NOUN
nobility
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"They tended to be very well-heeled gentry who'd come and stay at the likes of places like Chatsworth and be taken on a tour of the Peak District," says John.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

But most of the onetime gentry, like Lajos, burrow further inward.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

Eventually, such places did get “discovered,” and the local gentry might have bragged that they had just found the most delish little café hidden away in an edgy neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025

One was based on class power of early merchant capitalists and the other based on the caste power of the Southern white gentry.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2024

This morning Francis saw that I did not have my usual interest in the French moneyed gentry.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson




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