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Gentlefolk

//ˈd͡ʒɛntl̩fəʊk// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    People of superior social position. archaic, plural, plural-only

    "We ſay that Shores wife hath a prety foote, / A cherry lippe, a bonny eie, a paſſing pleaſing tongue: / And that the Queenes kindred are made gentlefolks."

  2. 2
    people of good family and breeding and high social status wordnet

Etymology

From gentle (“(archaic) well-born; of a good family or respectable birth”) + folk.

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