gentry

Example Sentences

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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

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

Firstly, Holyrood is a democratically elected house rather than an assembly of aristocrats and the landed gentry.

From BBC

“He’s making the point that the British landed gentry aristocracy really are the original gangsters of the British class society,” says Daniel Ings, who plays the duke’s older brother.

From Seattle Times

Dr. Guy says that dropping the "ap" was a change which happened over time, and that the gentry led, with the rest of the population then following.

From BBC