GENTRY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The most powerful members of a society

Synonyms:

aristocracy; gentry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("gentry" is a kind of...):

upper class; upper crust (the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gentry"):

landed gentry; squirearchy (the gentry who own land (considered as a class))

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