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gentry

/ˈd͡ʒɛntɹi/ noun C2
  1. Birth; condition; rank by birth. (countable, uncountable)
  2. Courtesy; civility; complaisance. (countable, uncountable)
  3. People of education and good breeding. (countable, uncountable) · landed gentry· English gentry

Plural gentries

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“Hill knows all these gentry, and he will give a name to him.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 90 · C1
“There are a few gipsies and labouring folk for whom I can’t answer, but among the farmers or gentry there is no one whose initials are those.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 136 · C1

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