gentlefolk

  • 11gentlefolk — plural noun archaic people of noble birth or good social position …

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  • 12gentlefolk — n. pl.; (also gentlefolks) People of good family and good breeding, lords and ladies, ladies and gentlemen …

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  • 13gentlefolk — noun (plural) old use people belonging to the higher social classes …

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  • 14gentlefolk — UK [ˈdʒent(ə)lˌfəʊk] / US [ˈdʒent(ə)lˌfoʊk] noun [plural] an old word for people who come from families in a high social class …

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  • 15gentlefolk — gen•tle•folk [[t]ˈdʒɛn tlˌfoʊk[/t]] also gen′tle•folks n. pl. persons of good family and breeding • Etymology: 1585–95 …

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  • 16gentlefolk — /ˈdʒɛntlfoʊk/ (say jentlfohk) plural noun persons of good family and breeding. Also, gentlefolks …

  • 17gentlefolk — n.pl. literary people of good family …

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  • 18Gentlefolks — 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. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 19Elizabeth Finn Care — Elizabeth Finn Care, established by Elizabeth Anne Finn in 1897 as the Distressed Gentlefolk s Aid Association, is a British charity providing help and assistance to relieve the problems of old age, illness, social isolation and disability.… …

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  • 20Elizabeth Anne Finn — Elizabeth Finn (1825 1921) was a writer and the strong willed and intelligent wife of James Finn, British Consul in Jerusalem, in Ottoman Palestine between 1846 and 1863. [Blumberg (1980), p. 28] She was born on 14th March 1825 to missionary… …

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