Synonyms of the word

gentry

• n. Birth; condition; rank by birth.
• n. Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
• n. People of education and good breeding.
• n. (Britain) In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry.

aristocracy

• n. The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class.
• n. Government by such a class, or a state with such a government.
• n. A class of people considered (not normally universally) superior to others.