English-Thai Dictionary

gentry

N พวก ผู้ดี  พวก สุภาพชน  สังคม ชั้นสูง  high society nobility upper class lower class puak-phu-de

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GENTRY

n.Birth; condition; rank by birth. 1. People of education and good breeding. In Great Britain, the classes of people between the nobility and the vulgar.
2. A term of civility; civility; complaisance.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GENTRY

Gen "try, n. Etym: [OE. genterie, gentrie, noble birth, nobility, cf. gentrise, and OF. gentelise, genterise, E. gentilesse, also OE. genteleri high-mindedness. See Gent, a., Gentle, a.]

 

1. Birth; condition; rank by birth. [Obs. ] "Pride of gentrie." Chaucer. She conquers him by high almighty Jove, By knighthood, gentry, and sweet friendship's oath. Shak.

 

2. People of education and good breeding; in England, in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the yeomanry. Macaulay.

 

3. Courtesy; civility; complaisance. [Obs. ] To show us so much gentry and good will. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gentry

gen try |ˈjentrē ˈʤɛntri | ▶noun (often the gentry ) people of good social position, specifically (in the UK ) the class of people next below the nobility in position and birth: a member of the landed gentry. • [ with adj. ] people of a specified class or group: a New Orleans family of Creole gentry. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘superiority of birth or rank ’): from Anglo-Norman French genterie, based on gentil (see gentle ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

gentry

gentry |ˈdʒɛntri | ▶noun [ mass noun ] (often the gentry ) people of good social position, specifically the class of people next below the nobility in position and birth: a member of the landed gentry. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘superiority of birth or rank ’): from Anglo-Norman French genterie, based on gentil (see gentle 1 ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

gentry

gentry noun he was posing as a member of the gentry: upper classes, privileged classes, elite, high society, haut monde, smart set; establishment, aristocracy; informal upper crust, top drawer.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

gentry

gentry noun (the gentry ) the upper classes, the upper middle class, the privileged classes, the wealthy, the elite, high society, the establishment, the haut monde, the county set, the smart set; Indian bhadralok; informal the upper crust, the jet set, the beautiful people, the crème de la crème, the top drawer; Brit. informal nobs, toffs; informal, dated swells.

 

Duden Dictionary

Gentry

Gen t ry , Gen try Substantiv, feminin , die |ˈdʒɛntri |englisch gentry < altfranzösisch genterise, gentelise, zu lateinisch gentilis, gentil niederer englischer Adel

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gentry

gen try /dʒéntri /名詞 U 〖通例the ～; 複数扱い 〗1 ｟英 やや古 ｠紳士階級 (の人々 ) 〘貴族の下の身分 〙.2 ｟皮肉で ｠連中, 手合い .