gentry
Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
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Alan Grayson was right years ago and the media gentry lost their shit over his honest appraisal of Republican disregard for life.
It’s not the case that Austen looks as class as a marker of character, clearly. But look at the contrast between Mr. Gardiner and Sir William Lucas, who has pretensions of entering the gentry.
American Gentry or American Szlachta
I once supported the Buffalo Commons as an ecological project. I now support it as a tool in breaking the American gentry class in defense of democracy.
Stop looking for gentry. Stop looking for saviors. Stop treating political figures as celebrities. Get a fucking clue.
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Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
She wrote novels about the rural gentry.
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People of education and good breeding.
The manor was owned by the local gentry.
“Alan Grayson was right years ago and the media gentry lost their shit over his honest appraisal of Republican disregard for life.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“It’s not the case that Austen looks as class as a marker of character, clearly. But look at the contrast between Mr. Gardiner and Sir William Lucas, who has pretensions of entering the gentry.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“American Gentry or American Szlachta”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I once supported the Buffalo Commons as an ecological project. I now support it as a tool in breaking the American gentry class in defense of democracy.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Stop looking for gentry. Stop looking for saviors. Stop treating political figures as celebrities. Get a fucking clue.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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Birth; condition; rank by birth.
The manor was owned by the local gentry.
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