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gentries

gentries is the plural of gentry.

Meaning of gentry

Noun

gentry (countable and uncountable, plural gentries)

  1. Birth; condition; rank by birth.
  2. Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
  3. People of education and good breeding.
    • landed gentry
  4. (UK) In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry.

See all 8 meanings of gentry

Questions about gentries

What is gentries the plural of?
Gentries is the plural of gentry.

Words near gentries in the dictionary

  1. gentoo
  2. gentoo penguin
  3. gentoo penguins
  4. Gentoos
  5. gentrice
  6. gentries
  7. gentrification
  8. gentrifications
  9. gentrified
  10. gentrifier
  11. gentrifiers

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