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landed gentry

landed gentry noun: a largely historical social class of landowners who could live entirely from rental income, or at least owned a country estate.

Noun

landed gentry pl (plural only)

  1. (UK, historical, plural, plural-only) A largely historical social class of landowners who could live entirely from rental income, or at least owned a country estate.

Questions about landed gentry

What does landed gentry mean?
Landed gentry means a largely historical social class of landowners who could live entirely from rental income, or at least owned a country estate.
What part of speech is landed gentry?
Landed gentry is a noun.

Words near landed gentry in the dictionary

  1. landeaus
  2. landed
  3. landed cost
  4. landed costs
  5. landed down
  6. landed gentry
  7. landed immigrant
  8. landed immigrants
  9. landed in someone's lap
  10. landed on
  11. landed on one's feet

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