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gentry morts

gentry morts is the plural of gentry mort.

Meaning of gentry mort

Noun

gentry mort (plural gentry morts)

  1. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) A gentlewoman; a lady.
    • No gentry mort hath prats like thine, / No cove e'er wap'd with such a one.1707, John Shirley, “The Maunder's Praise of his Strowling Mort”, in The Triumph of Wit

Questions about gentry morts

What is gentry morts the plural of?
Gentry morts is the plural of gentry mort.

Words near gentry morts in the dictionary

  1. gentry cove
  2. gentry cove's ken
  3. gentry cove's kens
  4. gentry coves
  5. gentry mort
  6. gentry morts
  7. gents
  8. gents'
  9. Gentu
  10. Gentue
  11. Gentues

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