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語源

From Old French genterie (“noble people collectively; nobility of character or manners”), from gent (“well-born”) + -erie.

発音

• enPR: jĕnʹtrē, IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɛntɹi/
• 韻: -ɛntɹi
• ハイフネーション (米国発音): gen‧try

名詞

gentry (countable and uncountable, plural gentries)

1. Birth; condition; rank by birth.
2. Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
3. People of education and good breeding.

   The manor was owned by the local gentry.

   She wrote novels about the rural gentry.

   landed gentry

   English gentry

   wealthy gentry

4. (British) In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry.

同意語

• the quality, the Quality

派生語

関連する語

• gentrification