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Definition of Gentlefolk
1. Noun. People of good family and breeding and high social status.
Definition of Gentlefolk
1. n. pl. Persons of gentle or good family and breeding.
Definition of Gentlefolk
1. Noun. People of superior social position. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gentlefolk
1. [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gentlefolk
Literary usage of Gentlefolk
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"... nobleman of Paris, and all the other gentlefolk took part against me ; they
attacked me with such insults that I could hardly hold my own against them. ..."
2. Literary History of Russia by Aleksander Brückner, Ellis H. Minns (1908)
"... as the author of the "Annals of a Sportsman"—His foreignness—Appreciation of
the author—His various works : " Rudin," "A Nest of gentlefolk," " On the ..."
3. Rugby, Tennessee: Being Some Account of the Settlement Founded on the by Thomas Hughes (1881)
"... THE gentlefolk OF ENGLAND. A CENTURY and a half ago, more or less, the Spectator,
looking round with that keen sympathetic eye of his on English life, ..."
4. The Soul of Europe: A Character-study of the Militant Nations by Joseph McCabe (1915)
"... CHAPTER II THE THREE RACES OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY Austria as a colony of aged
gentlefolk—The ... gentlefolk ..."
5. The Comic Annual by Thomas Hood (1835)
"contrived to get up and sit upon the milestone, from which he waved us a goodbye,
accompanied by the following words :— " gentlefolk, my best thanks and my ..."
6. The Boy's Yearly Book by John Tillotson (1867)
"Geoffrey asked with wonder, " Whatever shall, we do with it all ? " PART II.
THE BLUEBOTTLES TUEN gentlefolk. "Now Marian, my dear," said Geoffrey, ..."
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