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gentlefolks

Syllables: gen·tle·folks/ˈd͡ʒɛntl̩fəʊks/US/ˈd͡ʒɛntl̩ˌfoʊks/

gentlefolks noun: synonym of gentlefolk.

Noun

gentlefolks pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Synonym of gentlefolk.
    • We ſay that Shores wife hath a prety foote, / A cherry lippe, a bonny eie, a paſſing pleaſing tongue: / And that the Queenes kindred are made gentlefolks.c. 1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedy of King Richard the Third. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Sims [and Peter Short] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC...
    • What do gentlefolks come to an inn for, if it is not for entertainment and accommodation?1808 October 1, “Mrs. Bell’s Petition”, in The Satirist, or Monthly Meteor, volume III, London: Printed for Samuel Tipper, […]; T. Gillet, printer, […], →OCLC, page 286
    Synonyms:
    gentlefolk

gentlefolks meaning in Tamil

gentlefolks in Tamil

நற்குடிமக்கள்

Examples of gentlefolks in a sentence

  • What was it to her what gentlefolks ate or drank, provided they paid for it honestly?1822, [Walter Scott], chapter IX, in Peveril of the Peak. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst...
  • "Ah!" she said, with a little cry of disappointment, "my man said not to make too sure, and that the ways of the gentlefolks is hard to know."1885 January, [Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant], “The Portrait. A Story of the Seen and the Unseen.”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine...

Synonyms of gentlefolks

Origin of gentlefolks

From gentle + folks.

Questions about gentlefolks

What does gentlefolks mean?
Gentlefolks means synonym of gentlefolk.
What is gentlefolks in Tamil?
Gentlefolks in Tamil is நற்குடிமக்கள். See Gentlefolks meaning in Tamil.
How do you use gentlefolks in a sentence?
What was it to her what gentlefolks ate or drank, provided they paid for it honestly?
What part of speech is gentlefolks?
Gentlefolks is a noun.
How do you pronounce gentlefolks?
Gentlefolks is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛntl̩fəʊks/ (UK).

Words near gentlefolks in the dictionary

  1. gentlebeings
  2. gentleboy
  3. gentleboys
  4. gentled
  5. gentlefolk
  6. gentlefolks
  7. gentlegirl
  8. gentlegirls
  9. gentlehanded
  10. gentlehearted
  11. gentleheartedly

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: gentlefolks (page history and authors); gentlefolks (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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