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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The most powerful members of a society
Synonyms:
aristocracy; gentry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("gentry" is a kind of...):
upper class; upper crust (the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gentry"):
landed gentry; squirearchy (the gentry who own land (considered as a class))
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