gentry
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As opportunities to flex their military might diminished, samurai instead became landed gentry, taking on bureaucratic roles as tax agents, heads of fire brigades and land managers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026
Eventually, such places did get “discovered,” and the local gentry might have bragged that they had just found the most delish little café hidden away in an edgy neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
One was based on class power of early merchant capitalists and the other based on the caste power of the Southern white gentry.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2024
Dr. Guy says that dropping the "ap" was a change which happened over time, and that the gentry led, with the rest of the population then following.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2023
She’s from yangban stock, her people are the Korean landed gentry, and she finds this open talk of figures awkward, unnecessary.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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