Dictionary
gen•try
Pronunciation: ( jen'trē), [key]—
n.
1. wellborn and well-bred people.
2. (in England) the class below the nobility.
3. an upper or ruling class; aristocracy.
4. those who are not members of the nobility but are entitled to a coat of arms, esp. those owning large tracts of land.
5. (used with a pl. v.) people, esp. considered as a specific group, class, or kind:
The polo crowd doesn't go there, but these hockey gentry do.
6. the state or condition of being a gentleman.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.