noun
Origin: ME genterie, noble or high birth; prob. taken as sing. of genterise, gentility of birth < OFr, var. of gentilise < gentil: see gentle
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noun pl. gen·tries
Origin:
Origin: Middle English gentri, nobility of birth
Origin: , from Old French genterie
Origin: , variant of genterise, gentilise
Origin: , from gentil, noble; see gentle
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