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   Gentry , 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.]
   Birth; condition; rank by birth. [Obs.] “Pride of gentrie.”
   Chaucer.
   
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   She conquers him by high almighty Jove,
   By knighthood, gentry, and sweet friendship's oath.
   Shak.
   
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   People of education and good breeding; in England, in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the yeomanry.
   Macaulay.
   
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   Courtesy; civility; complaisance. [Obs.]
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   To show us so much gentry and good will.
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