gentry
21Gentry — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Gentry (homonymie). La landed gentry est le nom donné à la bonne société anglaise, et en particulier à la noblesse non titrée. Elle est de bonne éducation et a des valeurs . Les membres de la gentry sont… …
22Gentry — Gen|try auch: Gent|ry 〈[ dʒɛ̣ntrı] f.; ; unz.; in Großbritannien〉 niederer Adel, Landadel [engl., „die nach dem hohen Adel kommenden gebildeten, besitzenden Stände“] * * * Gen|t|ry [ ʤɛntri ], die; [engl. gentry < afrz. genterise, gentelise,… …
23Gentry — This very unusual surname has long been a source of puzzlement to researchers, and it is not recorded in any of the usual dictionaries of surnames. It is almost certainly French in origin, like the surname Gentle deriving from the old French… …
24Gentry — Para otros usos de este término, véase Gentry (desambiguación). La gentry se refiere a una clase social, inicialmente británica, integrada por la nobleza de tipo medio y bajo (Baroness,caballeros...), y los hombres libres (freemen y commoners)… …
25gentry — n. the landed; local gentry * * * [ dʒentrɪ] local gentry the landed …
26gentry — gen|try [ˈdʒentri] n [plural] old fashioned [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: genterise, gentelise, from gentil; GENTLE] people who belong to a high social class ▪ a member of the landed gentry (=gentry who own land) …
27gentry — [[t]ʤe̱ntri[/t]] N PLURAL The gentry are people of high social status or high birth. [mainly BRIT, OLD FASHIONED] Most of the country estates were built by the landed gentry during the late 19th century …
28gentry — obsolete Irish the fairies These malevolent creatures had to be flattered although the appellation may have been less of a compliment than they imagined, given Catholic Irish opinion of much of the Anglo Irish Protestant gentry: … …
29gentry — noun (plural) old fashioned people who belong to a high social class: the landed gentry (=the gentry who own land) …
30gentry — noun (plural gentries) Etymology: Middle English gentrie, alteration of gentrise Date: 14th century 1. a. obsolete the qualities appropriate to a person of gentle birth; especially courtesy b. the condition or rank of a gentleman 2 …
