nobility+and+gentry
11Royal Bath and West of England Society — The Royal Bath and West of England Society is a charitable society founded in 1777 to promote and improve agriculture and related activities around the West Country of England. Based at the Royal Bath and West of England Society Showground near… …
12Gentry (China) — In imperial China, gentry were the class of landowners who were retired mandarins or their descendants. Their power and influence eclipsed that of the Chinese nobility during the Tang dynasty when the civil service exam replaced the nine rank… …
13nobility — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) High rank Nouns 1. nobility, aristocracy, quality, gentility, rank, condition, title, distinction, [blue] blood, [high] birth, high degree; pedigree, lineage. See posterity, ancestry, superiority, pride …
14Nobility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Nobility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 nobility nobility rank condition distinction optimacy blood pur sang birth high descent order Sgm: N 1 quality quality gentility …
15gentry — /jen tree/, n. 1. wellborn and well bred people. 2. (in England) the class below the nobility. 3. an upper or ruling class; aristocracy. 4. those who are not members of the nobility but are entitled to a coat of arms, esp. those owning large… …
16gentry — n.pl. 1 the people next below the nobility in position and birth. 2 derog. people (these gentry). Etymology: prob. f. obs. gentrice f. OF genterise var. of gentelise nobility f. gentil GENTLE …
17gentry — A term applied to the stratum immediately below the aristocracy (see upper class ) in the social hierarchy of late medieval and early modern Britain. Untitled, the gentry were an intermediate grouping whose wealth lay in landholding, mineral… …
18gentry — Synonyms and related words: Everyman, John Doe, Public, absolute, aristocracy, better sort, body politic, bona fide, citizenry, common man, commonwealth, community, community at large, cream, elite, estate, everybody, everyman, everyone,… …
19gentry — gen•try [[t]ˈdʒɛn tri[/t]] n. 1) wellborn and well bred people 2) why (in England) the class below the nobility 3) why an upper or ruling class; aristocracy 4) people, esp. considered as a specific group, class, or kind; folks: the hockey… …
20Royal and noble ranks — Emperor Empress King Queen Viceroy Vicereine …
