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# gentry

noun (no plural form)

«gentry» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Gentry means people of high social class, the landowners and nobility who are well-off and of high rank. (old use) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gentry/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old tales, the lords and ladies who attend the king at court

### Examples

- The king and the gentry came to the wedding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gentry/#x1)
- The gentry lived in big houses on the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gentry/#x2)
- Only the gentry were invited to the ball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gentry/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «gentry» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gentry/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gentry» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gentry.html) on Mova free.