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Definition of Gentlefolk

Gentlefolk
Gentlefolk Gen"tle*folk`, Gentlefolks Gen"tle*folks`, n. pl. Persons of gentle or good family and breeding. [Generally in the United States in the plural form.] --Shak.

Meaning of Gentlefolk from wikipedia

- pronounced [dvɐˈrʲanskʲɪɪ ɡnʲɪˈzdo]), also translated as A Nest of the Gentlefolk, A Nest of the Gentry and Liza , is a novel by Ivan Turgenev published...
- Finn Care, established by Elizabeth Anne Finn in 1897 as the Distressed Gentlefolk's Aid ****ociation, is a British charity providing help and ****istance to...
- 'gentleman', or 'well-mannered person') is Bengali for the new class of 'gentlefolk' who arose during British rule in India in the Bengal region in the eastern...
- Alan Moore gave the title of the work as "The League of Extraordinary Gentlefolk". Moore changed the name to Gentlemen to better reflect the Victorian...
- priesthood, and song schools (choir schools) that trained the 'sons of gentlefolk' to sing in cathedral choirs. In the case of Canterbury (597) and Rochester...
- little dogmatist,    Thou pretty Katydid! Thou mindest me of gentlefolks, -    Old gentlefolks are they, - Thou say'st an undisputed thing    In such a solemn...
- Tadeusz or The Last Foray in Lithuania: A Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 in Twelve Books at Wikisource, translated by...
- Gentry (Дворянское гнездо), also translated as A Nest of Gentlefolk, A House of Gentlefolk and Liza 1860: On the Eve (Накануне) 1862: Fathers and Sons...
- the way they are being exploited: by the priests, the authorities, the 'gentlefolk'. 'People won't believe the naked word — suffering's needed, the word...
- The Inquisition. Carlos Javier creates a "school for the children of gentlefolk" to serve as a safe haven and training ground for which he calls mutantur...