Gentry

//ˈd͡ʒɛntɹi//

Synonyms for "gentry" (73 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

2 entries

Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

6 entries

has context

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is a

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related to

5 entries

Translations

23 translations across 8 languages.

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Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 仕紳 /仕绅 noun (people between nobility and yeomanry)
  • 士紳 /士绅 noun (people between nobility and yeomanry)
  • 縉紳 /缙绅 noun (people between nobility and yeomanry)

Czech

2 entries
  • nižší šlechta noun (people between nobility and yeomanry)
  • panstvo noun (people between nobility and yeomanry)

Finnish

3 entries
  • herrasväki noun (people of education and good breeding)
  • sivistyneisyys noun (courtesy, civility)
  • syntyperä noun (rank by birth)

Georgian

4 entries
  • აზნაურობა noun (people between nobility and yeomanry)
  • ზრდილობა noun (courtesy, civility)
  • კეთილშობილნი noun (people of education and good breeding)
  • ცივილურობა noun (courtesy, civility)

German

2 entries
  • Bildungsbürgertum noun (people of education and good breeding)
  • Oberschicht noun (rank by birth)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • dzsentri noun (rank by birth)
  • dzsentri noun (courtesy, civility)
  • dzsentri noun (people of education and good breeding)
  • dzsentri noun (people between nobility and yeomanry)

Italian

1 entries
  • borghesia noun (people between nobility and yeomanry)

Polish

4 entries
  • gentry noun (rank by birth)
  • gentry noun (courtesy, civility)
  • gentry noun (people of education and good breeding)
  • gentry noun (people between nobility and yeomanry)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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The nobility and gentry of Scotland, at this period, were remarkable even to extravagance for the number of their servants, whose services were easily purchased in a country where men were numerous beyond proportion to the means of employing them.

Source: tatoeba (7760645)

Tom's ancestor was a member of England's landed gentry.

Source: tatoeba (9547756)

"Dear!" said Clarissa, and Lucy shared as she meant her to her disappointment (but not the pang); felt the concord between them; took the hint; thought how the gentry love; gilded her own future with calm; and, taking Mrs. Dalloway's parasol, handled it like a sacred weapon which a Goddess, having acquitted herself honourably in the field of battle, sheds, and placed it in the umbrella stand.

Source: tatoeba (9593861)

Although anciently and irregularly built, this market-town is much resorted to by the neighbouring gentry, not less for the beauty of its position, than for the famed salubrity of its air.

Source: tatoeba (11745030)

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