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upper or ruling class : aristocracy

The meaning of the word gentry is upper or ruling class : aristocracy.

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WordMeaning
paraphernaliathe separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life
retentivehaving the power, property, or capacity of retaining
pretentiouscharacterized by pretension: such as
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
interiman intervening time : interval
egotismexcessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun
fallaciousembodying a fallacy
mendicantbeggar
domineerto exercise arbitrary or overbearing control
minusculevery small