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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: gentry (0.03683 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to gentry.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: gentry
golongan baik-baik
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: gentry
gentry
n : the most powerful members of a society [syn:
aristocracy]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Gentry
Gentry
\Gen"try\, n. [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.
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She conquers him by high almighty Jove,
By knighthood, gentry, and sweet friendship's oath.
--Shak.
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2. People of education and good breeding; in England, in a
restricted sense, those between the nobility and the
yeomanry. --Macaulay.
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3. Courtesy; civility; complaisance. [Obs.]
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To show us so much gentry and good will. --Shak.
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