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gentry

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n.贵族们

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gentry


/'dʒentrɪ; `dʒɛntrɪ/
n [pl v] (usu 通常作 the gentry) people of good social position next below the nobility 绅士; 上等人.

gentry


n [plural]old-fashioned
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: genterise, gentelise, from gentil; GENTLE]
people who belong to a high social class
 a member of the landed gentry (=gentry who own land)