gentry

Definitions

From Old French genterie, from gentil ('well-born'); -ry forms a collective noun. The gentry are, by birth, the 'well-born class' — historically families with land and status but without a noble title. Always treated as a group (the landed gentry).

Common Collocations

• 1.landed gentry有地产的乡绅
• 2.local gentry当地绅士
• 3.country gentry乡绅

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The local gentry hosted hunts on their estates.

• 2.

  Jane Austen's novels portray the lives of the English gentry.