gentry

== English == === Etymology === From Old French genterie (“noble people collectively; nobility of character or manners”), from gent (“well-born”) + -erie. === Pronunciation === enPR: jĕnʹtrē, IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛntɹi/ Rhymes: -ɛntɹi Hyphenation (US): gen‧try === Noun === gentry (countable and uncountable, plural gentries) Birth; condition; rank by birth. Courtesy; civility; complaisance. People of education and good breeding. (British) In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry. ==== Synonyms ==== the quality, the Quality ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== gentrification ==== Translations ====