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LANDED GENTRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does landed gentry mean?
• LANDED GENTRY (noun)
The noun LANDED GENTRY has 1 sense:
1. the gentry who own land (considered as a class)
Familiarity information: LANDED GENTRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The gentry who own land (considered as a class)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
landed gentry; squirearchy
Hypernyms ("landed gentry" is a kind of...):
aristocracy; gentry (the most powerful members of a society)
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