the gentry
noun[plural]
uk/ˈdʒen.tri/us/ˈdʒen.tri/peopleof highsocialclass,especiallyin the past:
（尤指旧时的）上流社会人士，绅士阶层amemberof thelandedgentry(= those who own a lot ofland)乡绅中的一员
Class & class-consciousness in general
- anti-bourgeois
- anti-snob
- arriviste
- bougie
- gentrification
- gentrify
- go/come down in the worldidiom
- go/come up in the worldidiom
- heap
- petit bourgeois
- petty bourgeois
- pleb
- plebby
- social mobility
- the bottom of the heapidiom
- the petite bourgeoisie
- the upper crust
- trailer trash
- underclass
- upper class