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Gentry vs Gentleperson - What's the difference?

gentry | gentleperson |

As nouns the difference between gentry and gentleperson

is that gentry is birth; condition; rank by birth while gentleperson is a gentleman or gentlewoman; a member of the gentry.

As a proper noun Gentry

is {{surname|lang=en}.

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

    gentleperson

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A gentleman or gentlewoman; a member of the gentry.