Synonyms for gentry
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : jen-tree |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɛn tri |
Définition of gentry
Origin :- c.1300, "nobility of rank or birth," from Old French genterise, variant of gentilise "noble birth, gentleness," from gentil (see gentle). Meaning "noble persons" is from 1520s. Earlier in both senses was gentrice (c.1200 as "nobility of character," late 14c. as "noble persons"). In Anglo-Irish, gentry was a name for "the fairies" (1880), and gentle could mean "enchanted" (1823).
- noun nobility
- You will have wealth, station—a name among the first in the gentry of England.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- I suppose you have no objection this time to bestow a few bullets on these gentry?
- Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
- The guests comprised the gentry of the neighbourhood, and also many from a distance.
- Extract from : « Adventures and Recollections » by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
- But that only makes him angry, and he says dreadful things about the gentry.
- Extract from : « The Silver Box (First Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
- The people are coming in hundreds—aye, in thousands—the gentry will follow; they must.
- Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
- It's the gentry an' most respectable folks that's Protestants.
- Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
- The nobility and gentry of this country were welcomed abroad with but too great avidity.
- Extract from : « James Boswell » by William Keith Leask
- And the gentry—where are they, who should stand at their head and share their fortune?
- Extract from : « The O'Donoghue » by Charles James Lever
- I expect she knew enough herself—all the resident gentry did.
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
- Perhaps—it flashed upon him—the yacht's gentry will hear I stood up for them.
- Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
Words or expressions associated with your search
- abstergent
- advance agent
- agent
- Agent Blue
- agent blues
- Agent Orange
- agent-provocateur
- agent provocateur
- Agent Purple
- agent purples
- Agent White
- agent whites
- agents
- argent
- assurgent
- astringent
- be agent for
- be contingent
- be contingent on
- be diligent
- be negligent
- cogent
- contingent
- contingent upon
- diligent
- diligently
- divergent
- double agent
- effulgent
- emergent
- emergent nations
- espionage agent
- exigent
- fermentation agent
- fine gentleman
- fine gentlemen
- fulgent
- gent
- genteel
- genteelness
- gentile
- gentility
- gentle
- gentle birth
- gentle handling
- gentle sex
- gentled
- gentlefolk
- gentleman
- gentleman agreement
- gentleman caller
- gentleman's agreement
- gentleman's gentleman
- gentlemanlike
- gentlemanly
- gentlemans agreement
- gentlemen
- gentlemen agreement
- gentlemen's agreement
- gentlemen's room
- gentleness
- gentleperson
- gentles
- gentlewoman
- gentlewomen
- gentling
- gently
- gentrify
- gents
- healing agent
- indigent
- indulgent
- inquiry agent
- insurgent
- intelligence agent
- intelligent retrieval
- intelligently
- intransigent
- law enforcement agent
- magenta
- more diligent
- negligent
- negligently
- non-indulgent
- nonindulgent
- not intelligent
- plangent
- press agent
- provocative agent
- pungent
- re-agent
- re-agents
- re fulgent
- re-fulgent
- reagent
- refulgent
- regent
- self-indulgent
- stringent
- stringently
- talent agent
- tangent
- tangential
- tangents
- ungentlemanly
- unindulgent
- unintelligent
- urgent
- urgently
Most wanted synonyms
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019