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The answer GENTRY has 91 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of gentry in various dictionaries:
noun - the most powerful members of a society
People of gentle birth, good breeding, or high social position.
An upper or ruling class.
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| The well-bred people |
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| people of good social position, specifically the class of people next below the nobility in position and birth. |
| the most powerful members of a society |
| People of good social position, specifically the class of people next below the nobility in position and birth. |
| people of high social class, especially in the past: |
| people of high social class: |
| People of gentle birth, good breeding, or high social position. |
| An upper or ruling class. |
| The class of English landowners ranking just below the nobility. |
| People of a particular class or group: another commuter from the suburban gentry. |
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| Gentry, ARKANSAS, UNITED STATES |
| Gentry, MISSOURI, UNITED STATES |
| Gentry, TENNESSEE, UNITED STATES |
| Gentry, TEXAS, UNITED STATES |
| Gentry, IDAHO, UNITED STATES |
| Gentry description |
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| The gentry (genterie; Old French gentil: "high-born") are the "well-born, genteel, and well-bred people" of the social class below the nobility of a society. In contrast to the nobility, the gentry never obtained the right to bear a coat of arms, but, as families of long descent, they inherited a socio-economic position that connected them to the landed estates (manorialism) and to the upper levels of the clergy. The historical term, the gentry, is a construct that historians tentatively apply to the social-class systems of different societies.In the United Kingdom, the term gentry refers to the landed gentry, the majority of the land-owning social class who were typically armigerous (having a coat of arms), but did not have titles of nobility. Linguistically, the word gentry arose to identify the social stratum created by the very small number, by the standards of Continental Europe, of the Peerage of England, and of the parts of Britain, where nobility and titles are inherited by a |