In that section of the country, most of the gentry own horses for a hobby. From LearnThat.org.
The new California landed gentry is indeed a reality. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » California’s Woes and Prop 13] Reference
Polish writers use the word gentry, which doesn't sound quite right in English. From Wordnik.com. [Poland]
Literature to most of the titled gentry is a blank, my lord -- it is so now and always has been so. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators] Reference
Congress, the relatives of his wife, the titled gentry of Europe were treated with marked and lavish attention. From Wordnik.com. [The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution] Reference
The hard favour'd authority that the workers have presumably seen in the faces of the landed gentry is absent here. From Wordnik.com. ['[S]hak[ing] the dwellings of the great': Liberation in Joanna Baillies Poems (1790)] Reference
And there were occasional cracks in gentry solidarity — especially when opportunity for preferment presented itself. From Wordnik.com. [Gutenber-e Help Page] Reference
There were but two of what is known as gentry's houses in Northbourne. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference
His name is Burns, an Ayr man, and the gentry are a 'makin' much of him. From Wordnik.com. [Nancy Stair A Novel] Reference
This kind of honour, commonly called gentry, has been derived from the ancient. From Wordnik.com. [Leviathan] Reference
This kind of honour, commonly called gentry, has been derived from the ancient Germans. From Wordnik.com. [Leviathan, or, The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill] Reference
This kind of honour, commonly called gentry, hath been derived from the ancient Germans. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter X. Of Power, Worth, Dignity, Honour, and Worthiness] Reference
I use the term gentry here in its broadest sense, to mean a group with high social ranking. From Wordnik.com. [Gutenber-e Help Page] Reference
… Well, I just wanted to say that my name appears in all the gazetteers of titled gentry …. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret Stonewalled]
If the gentry were a minority in the party, so much the less reason to boast of such an ancestry. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
In those days the gentry were the leaders -- the Puritan was as much a gentleman in the technical English sense as the Cavalier. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Be rude to the servants, especially as they know you to be but a boor, and call the gentry by their nicknames only -- Mike, Andy. From Wordnik.com. [A Hungarian Nabob] Reference
Even the local "gentry" have withdrawn their support. From Wordnik.com. [Ferrets in the sack] Reference
It seems that the literati -- otherwise called "gentry". From Wordnik.com. [Letter from Young John AllenSeptember 15, 1868] Reference
All persons coming within the category of "gentry" may attend the. From Wordnik.com. [Manners and Social Usages] Reference
All "gentry" families owned substantial estates in the provinces which they leased to tenants on a kind of contract basis. From Wordnik.com. [A History of China] Reference
A few half-awake, half-sober, russet-clad, bewhiskered 'gentry' were lighting fires under huge iron pots; but the larger portion of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
The term "gentry" has no direct parallel in Chinese texts; the later terms "shen-shih" and "chin-shen" do not quite cover this concept. From Wordnik.com. [A History of China] Reference
This gentry is not honest with the poor. From Wordnik.com. [Aurora Leigh] Reference
I blame the whole mess on the new "gentry" ... lol. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
"The gentry, that is M. le Marquis, M. le Comte, and. From Wordnik.com. [Lost Illusions] Reference
As for the Judge’s being hard on the gentry, that is not true!. From Wordnik.com. [Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812] Reference
These people, the whole of them, were cultured, gentle and belonged to the "gentry" class. From Wordnik.com. [Unwritten History] Reference
A tale of a noble family, the Rothwells, and the Longworths trying like mad to hold on to their 'gentry' status. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Clark in his letters several times mentions the "gentry," in terms that imply their standing above the rest of the people. From Wordnik.com. [The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776] Reference
And the gentry were the first to use surnames. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 17, 2006] Reference
Th 'gentry's noan comin' to see thee if tha clacks th 'heads off theer showthers. ". From Wordnik.com. [T. Tembarom] Reference
"gentry" were grateful to one who was a born coquette, and Eily's visits were gradually prolonged. From Wordnik.com. [The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911] Reference
There is no nobility, no gentry, no aristocracy, no peasantry. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
If I'd my way I'd give every gentry what owns property a taste o 'livin' on it same's we. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
Murkowski's campaign argues that the small political class is more family than ruling gentry. From Wordnik.com. [Lisa Murkowski battles for GOP hearts as Palin grows louder in Alaskan expanse] Reference
The monied Anglo-Irish gentry -- the Irish equivalent of Baltimore's blue bloods -- did their banking elsewhere. From Wordnik.com. [The Water Is Wide] Reference
Left behind were the poor who couldn't get out, a few defiant members of the local gentry and gangs of predators. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost City] Reference
Catering to the local gentry, Shmargal does a steady business in Rolls-Royces, Porsches, jewelry and other "toys.". From Wordnik.com. [How Much For A Used Rolex?] Reference
At Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Va., then a school for the sons of Southern gentry, McCain daydreamed of going to Princeton. From Wordnik.com. [What These Eyes Have Seen] Reference
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