gen|try

gen|try
gen|try «JEHN tree», noun.
1. people of good family and social position, belonging to the upper class of society: »

It is the church of the gentry; but it is not the church of the poor (Emerson).

2. the class in England below the nobility and above the yeomanry.
3. the people of any particular group: »

the sporting gentry.

4. Archaic. rank by birth, especially high birth.
5. Obsolete: good breeding.
[alteration of gentrice < Old French genterise, variant of gentilise noble birth < gentil; see etym. under gentle (Cf.gentle)]

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