Gentlefolk
Gentlefolk noun - The highest class in a society.
Usage example: an 18th-century painter whose works are typically of well-dressed gentlefolk wooing and frolicking in sylvan settings
Patriciate and gentlefolk are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Patriciate" instead a noun "Gentlefolk".
Patriciate
Patriciate noun - The highest class in a society.
Usage example: the patriciate regarded patronage of the arts as a moral and social duty
Gentlefolk and patriciate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gentlefolk" instead a noun "Patriciate".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- quality and gentlefolk
- quality and patriciate
- elite and gentlefolk
- elite and patriciate
- flower and gentlefolk
- flower and patriciate
- nobility and gentlefolk
- nobility and patriciate
- society and gentlefolk
- society and patriciate
- gentry and gentlefolk
- gentry and patriciate
- gentility and gentlefolk
- gentility and patriciate
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Patriciate and Gentlefolk. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 09, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/gentlefolk/patriciate
Gentlefolk & Patriciate. N.p., 2016. Web. 09 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/gentlefolk/patriciate>.
Patriciate or Gentlefolk. 2016. Accessed August 09, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/gentlefolk/patriciate.
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