英语词汇“gentry”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	gentry
释义	Trends of gentry View usage for: gentry (dʒentri) plural noun The gentry are people of high social status or high birth. [mainly British, old-fashioned] Most of the country estates were built by the landed gentry during the late 19thcentury. Synonyms: nobility, lords, elite, nobles More Synonyms of gentry gentry in British English (ˈdʒɛntrɪ) noun 1. persons of high birth or social standing; aristocracy 2. British persons just below the nobility in social rank 3. informal, often derogatory people, esp of a particular group or kind Word origin C14: from Old French genterie, from gentil gentle gentry in American English (ˈdʒɛntri) noun 1. Obsolete rank resulting from birth; esp., high rank 2. people of high social standing; esp., in Great Britain, the class of landowning peopleranking just below the nobility 3. people of a particular class or group the newspaper gentry Word origin ME genterie, noble or high birth; prob. taken as sing. of genterise, gentility of birth < OFr, var. of gentilise < gentil: see gentle Examples of 'gentry' in a sentence gentry Maybe they get overlooked because most are local gentry. The Sun (2015) Why should the landed gentry get to live there? Times, Sunday Times (2009) This was the countryside seen through the eyes of the landed gentry. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Membership was not restricted to English gentry. The Times Literary Supplement (2013) But unlike the southerners, voters did not tend to defer in politics to the landed gentry. Garraty, John Arthur The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995) Other members of the country gentry pursued foxes; he pursued churches. Times, Sunday Times (2008) She also sympathetically records the sometimes conflicting desires of the participants, their fellow villagers and the local gentry. The Times Literary Supplement (2010) In the 1930s it was used as a hunting lodge and was visited by royalty and landed gentry during weekend retreats. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The sons of the nobility and gentry were counselled to "Consort yourself with gentlemen of your own rank and quality. Rodney Bolt HISTORY PLAY: The Lives and After-life of Christopher Marlowe (2004) As a result, many gentry and nobility families abandoned their country houses for large parts of the autumn and winter. The Times Literary Supplement (2010) Players were recruited from the area, fans lived in the shadow of the stadium and clubs were owned by local gentry. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Polo, as played by the landed gentry, is no longer. Times, Sunday Times (2009) He was born in Suffolk to Protestant country gentry. Times, Sunday Times (2010) For almost a century, in fact, the local gentry formed a united front against greedy royal appointees. Divine, Robert A. (editor) & Breen, T. H & Frederickson, George M & Williams, R. Hal America Past and Present (1995) So this reform of death tax will benefit a much wider group than the landed gentry who used to worry about IHT. Times, Sunday Times (2014) What's particular to Cheshire is that the people have no interest in trying to pass themselves off as landed gentry. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The parade was crowded with nobility and gentry, and I had to pull past them in this ridiculous fashion. Jerome K. Jerome Three Men in a Boat (1889) Chinese translation of 'gentry' gentry (ˈdʒɛntrɪ) n pl the gentry (= aristocracy) 贵(貴)族 (guìzú) Nearby words of gentry gentleman gentleman's agreement gently gentry gents genuine genuinely Related terms of gentry the gentry (noun) in the sense of nobility Definition people just below the nobility in social rank Most of the country estates were built by the landed gentry during the 19th century. Synonyms nobility They married into the nobility and entered the highest ranks of society. lords elite a government comprised mainly of the elite nobles upper class Many of the British upper classes are no longer very rich. aristocracy a member of the aristocracy peerage the higher echelons of the British peerage ruling class patricians upper crust (informal) gentility gentlefolk Additional synonyms in the sense of aristocracy Definition a class of people of high social rank a member of the aristocracy Synonyms upper class, elite, nobility, gentry, peerage, ruling class, patricians, upper crust (informal), noblesse (literary), haut monde, patriciate, body of nobles in the sense of elite Definition the most powerful, rich, or gifted members of a group or community a government comprised mainly of the elite Synonyms aristocracy, best, pick, elect, cream, upper class, nobility, gentry, high society, the crème de la crème, flower, nonpareil in the sense of gentility Synonyms aristocracy, elite, nobles, upper class, nobility, gentry, ruling class, gentlefolk Nearby words of gentry gentleman gentlemanly gentleness gentry genuine genus geography Synonyms of 'gentry' gentry Explore 'gentry' in the dictionary
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