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Definition of gentry noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

gentry

 noun
noun
NAmE//ˈdʒɛntri//
 
[plural] the gentry (old-fashioned)
 
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people belonging to a high social class the local gentry the landed gentry (= those who own a lot of land)
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