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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Landadel

Pronunciation / Transliteration: lantˈaːdl̩

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Gentry/ˈdʒɛn.tri/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Der englische Landadel prägte die Geschichte des Landes."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    People of good social position, specifically the class of people next below the nobility in position and birth.

    "The local gentry gathered at the manor house for the annual autumn ball."
  2. 2

    A privileged or upper-class group of people in a given society.

    "Modern urban gentry often gentrify historic neighborhoods."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old French 'genterie', meaning nobility or noble birth, stemming from Latin 'genticius' (belonging to a clan or race). In historical England, it evolved to specifically denote the social class ranking just below the nobility.

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