Gentry Synonyms

jĕntrē
People of the highest social level
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. aristocracy
  2. nobility
  3. upper class
  4. elite
  5. society
  6. blue blood
  7. crème de la crème
  8. flower
  9. high-society
  10. gentility
  11. patriciate
  12. quality
  13. landowner
  14. who's who
  15. upper crust
  16. samurai
  17. gentlefolks
  18. squirearchy

Words Related to Gentry

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. over
  2. landed-gentry
  3. nobleman
  4. aristocrat
  5. aristocratic
  6. landholder
  7. tenantry
  8. land-owning

Gentry Sentence Examples

  • Among the gentry of the province Nicholas was respected but not liked.

  • In strictness nobility and gentry are the same thing.

  • The Polish nobles, gentry and Church - the educated classes generally - were crushed.

  • In England indeed a variety of causes hindered nobility or gentry from ever obtaining the importance which they obtained, for instance, in France.

  • That coat-armour has been lavishly granted and often assumed without right, that the word "gentleman" has acquired various secondary senses, proves nothing; that is the natural result of a state of things in which the status of gentry carries with it no legal advantage, and yet is eagerly sought after on social grounds.

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