Gentry vs Dandy - What's the difference?
gentry | dandy |
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.
Like a dandy, foppish.
Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.
Almost first rate.
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.
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)Synonyms
* the quality, the Qualitydandy
English
Adjective
(er)- That's all fine and dandy , but how much does it cost?
- What a dandy little laptop you have.
