gentry
Definitions
People of good social position, specifically the class of people next below the nobility in birth or influence.
An upper or ruling class; aristocracy.
Examples
The local gentry gathered at the manor for the annual harvest ball.
Historically, the gentry held significant political influence in rural England.
Synonyms
nobility aristocracy upper class elite patricians high society landed class
Antonyms
commoners peasantry proletariat working class masses plebeians lower class