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Gentry vs Dandy - What's the difference?

gentry | dandy |

As nouns the difference between gentry and dandy

is that gentry is birth; condition; rank by birth while dandy is a man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance.

As a proper noun Gentry

is {{surname|lang=en}.

As an adjective dandy is

like a dandy, foppish.

gentry

English

Noun

(gentries)
  • Birth; condition; rank by birth.
  • Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
  • People of education and good breeding.
  • (British) In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry.

    • Synonyms

    * the quality, the Quality

    Related terms

    * gentrification

    dandy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Like a dandy, foppish.
  • Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.
    • That's all fine and dandy , but how much does it cost?
  • Almost first rate.
    • What a dandy little laptop you have.

    Noun

    (dandies)
  • A man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance.
  • (British, nautical) A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.
  • A dandy roller.

    • Synonyms

    * (man concerned with appearance) dude, fop, macaroni, masher, metrosexual, popinjay, buck

    Derived terms

    * dandify * dandification * dandyish

    See also

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