gentry

[US]/'dʒentrɪ/
[UK]/ˈdʒɛntri/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. den øvre klasse; mennesker med god samfundsmæssig stilling

Example Sentences

the newspaper gentry (=the gentry of the press)

avisen gentry (=presse gentry)

these parish gentry were conscious of their elevated status.

disse lokale godsejere var bevidste om deres høje status.

Landed income was the true measure of the gentry.

Landindkomst var det sande mål for gentry.

radar devices beyond the comprehension of all but the bespectacled gentry who invented them.

radarudstyr ud over forståelsen for alle andre end de brilleklædte folk, der opfandt dem.

The methods they employed were heavily biased in the gentry’s favour.

De metoder, de brugte, var stærkt partiske til fordel for godset.

The so-called golden-collar gentry are essentially nothing but brain-workers with high income.

De såkaldte golden-collar gentry er i bund og grund ikke andet end hjernearbejdere med høj indkomst.

Later she may have begun to kill daughters of lower gentry, who were sent to her gynaeceum by their parents to learn courtly etiquette.

Senere kan hun have startet med at dræbe døtre af lavere adel, som blev sendt til hendes gynæceum af deres forældre for at lære hoffisk etikette.

Chapslee offers a chance to enjoy the dandified life of the English gentry at a price which would barely buy afternoon tea in an English country house.

Chapslee giver en chance for at nyde det dandificerede liv for den engelske gentry til en pris, der knap nok ville købe eftermiddagste i et engelsk landhus.

In the afternoon, the local gentry go to some farm house and have tea, sillabub and other refreshments and then return in a... dance to the town and dance throughout the streets till dark.

Om eftermiddagen går de lokale gentry til et landsted og drikker te, sillabub og andre forfriskninger og vender så tilbage i en... dans til byen og danser gennem gaderne, indtil det er mørkt.

Real-world Examples

Virginia creepers, asters, and other colonial exotica to a delighted English gentry.

Source: A Brief History of Everything

You had yeomen who were sort of smaller versions of gentry.

Source: Yale University Open Course: European Civilization (Audio Version)

The gentry received one another, and traveled to each other's houses, in a state almost feudal.

Source: American Original Language Arts Volume 5

There's only so many vowels you can drop until someone realizes you're not landed gentry.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) June 2021 Collection

" Because in twenty or thirty years your landed gentry won't be here in any case" .

Source: The Virgin Land (Part 2)

Those gentry who wore georgette thought that the universe was geocentric.

Source: Pan Pan

They're cur'ous talkers i' this country, sir; the gentry's hard work to hunderstand 'em.

Source: Adam Bede (Part One)

So naturally, it would go to a court companion, such as, the son of a nobleman or a member of the gentry.

Source: 2018 Best Hits Compilation

The only genuine sport in all the fair, gentlemen—highly respectable and strictly moral—patronized by the nobility, clergy, and gentry.

Source: Lazy Person's Thoughts Journal

One could tell that he had frequented the best authors as assiduously as Elliott Templeton frequented the nobility and gentry.

Source: Blade (Part Two)

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