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# gentry

«gentry» in Mova's school dictionary: **people of high social class, the landowners and nobility…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural form)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gentry» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gentry/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.