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Webster 1913 Edition
Gentry
Gen′try
,Noun.
1.
Birth; condition; rank by birth.
[Obs.]
“Pride of gentrie.” Chaucer.
She conquers him by high almighty Jove,
By knighthood,
By knighthood,
gentry
, and sweet friendship’s oath. Shakespeare
2.
People of education and good breeding; in England, in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the yeomanry.
Macaulay.
3.
Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
[Obs.]
To show us so much
gentry
and good will. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Gentry
GEN'TRY
,Noun.
1.
People of education and good breeding. In Great Britain, the classes of people between the nobility and the vulgar.2.
A term of civility; civility; complaisance.