gentry
1Gentry — generally refers to people of high social class, especially in the past. The term derives from the Latin gens , meaning a clan or extended family. It has often referred to the class of people who owned land, but its precise meaning has varied… …
2GENTRY — C’est au XVIe siècle en Angleterre que le terme de gentry en vient à désigner officiellement un ordre. Au Moyen Âge, la distinction fondamentale passe entre les nobiles et les ignobiles ; le terme de gentleman recouvre celui de nobilis . La… …
3Gentry — Gentry, AR U.S. city in Arkansas Population (2000): 2165 Housing Units (2000): 930 Land area (2000): 2.383479 sq. miles (6.173181 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.383479 sq. miles (6.173181 sq.… …
4gentry — s.m. (Anglicism) 1. Mica nobilime din Anglia. 2. (În China feudală) Moşierii şi bogătaşii agrari. [< engl., fr. gentry]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 07.04.2005. Sursa: DN GENTRY JÉNTRI/ s. m. 1. mica nobilime din Anglia. 2. (în China feudală)… …
5Gentry — Gen try, n. [OE. genterie, gentrie, noble birth, nobility, cf. gentrise, and OF. gentelise, genterise, E. gentilesse, also OE. genteleri high mindedness. See {Gent}, a., {Gentle}, a.] 1. Birth; condition; rank by birth. [Obs.] Pride of gentrie.… …
6Gentry [2] — Gentry (spr. Dschentri), Grafschaft im Staate Missouri (Nordamerika), 36 QM., vom Grand River durchflossen; Producte: Mais, Weizen, Hafer, [165] Hanf, Rindvieh, Schweine; genannt nach Obrist Richard Gentry, der 1837 in der Schlacht von Okeechobee …
7Gentry, AR — U.S. city in Arkansas Population (2000): 2165 Housing Units (2000): 930 Land area (2000): 2.383479 sq. miles (6.173181 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.383479 sq. miles (6.173181 sq. km) FIPS… …
8Gentry, MO — U.S. village in Missouri Population (2000): 101 Housing Units (2000): 44 Land area (2000): 0.226625 sq. miles (0.586956 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.226625 sq. miles (0.586956 sq. km) FIPS… …
9gentry — c.1300, nobility of rank or birth, from O.Fr. genterise, variant of gentilise noble birth, gentleness, from gentil (see GENTLE (Cf. gentle)). Meaning noble persons is from 1520s. Earlier in both senses was gentrice (c.1200 as nobility of… …
10gentry — ► NOUN (the gentry) ▪ people of good social position, specifically the class next below the nobility. ORIGIN Old French genterie, from gentil high born, noble …
