Definition of Genry
Gen"try (?), n. [OE. genterie,
gentrie, noble birth, nobility, cf. gentrise, and OF.
gentelise, genterise, E. gentilesse, also OE.
genteleri high-mindedness. See Gent,
a., Gentle, a.]
1. Birth; condition; rank by birth. [Obs.]
"Pride of gentrie." Chaucer.
She conquers him by high almighty Jove,
By knighthood, gentry, and sweet friendship's
oath. Shak.
2. People of education and good breeding; in
England, in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the
yeomanry. Macaulay.
3. Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
[Obs.]
To show us so much gentry and good
will. Shak.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Birth; condition; rank by birth.
- People of education and good breeding; in England, in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the yeomanry.
- Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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