What is Gentry?
'''Gentry''' means “well-born people”. The word comes from the [[latin]] word ''gentis'' which means “clan” or “extended family”. In [[England]], gentry is the [[social class]] below the [[aristocracy (class)|aristocracy]]. It gets its [[income]] from large landholdings.<ref>''Webster’s New Universal Unabridged Dictionary'' (1996) p.798</ref> ==Related pages== * [[Aristocracy]] * [[Feudalism]] * [[Manorialism]] * [[Nobility]] == Notes == <references/> == References == * Peter Coss, ''The Origins of the English Gentry''. Past and Present Publications. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press (2003). {{ISBN|052182673X}} {{stub}} [[Category:Social classes]]