Class and Gentry

Class

Class noun - One of the segments of society into which people are grouped.

Usage example: a politician who appeals to people of every class

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Gentry and class are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gentry" instead a noun "Class".

Gentry noun - One of the segments of society into which people are grouped.

Usage example: the old-line yachting gentry frowns on vulgar displays of wealth

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Class and gentry are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Class" instead a noun "Gentry".

Nearby Word: gent

Their unique societal fusion of the aristocracy and middle class into the so-called 'scholar-gentry'/'literati' class was continued by the later Yuan, Ming, and Qing empires.

Source: Fair for Its Day
Much of the story is from the POV of Jamie Bucket, a charming teenage-equivalent working-class hobbit with an outsider's perspective on the Shire gentry.

Source: Fanfic Recs / The Lord of the Rings
Oliver Twist — Oliver, a member of the gentry, is orphaned and left at the mercy of cruel, greedy caretakers and ultimately London's criminal class.

Source: Raised by Orcs

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