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
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
That began with the burning of some bails — small wooden pegs that sit atop cricket stumps — after a team of English gentry lost to a squad of colonial upstarts from Australia.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
As part of the gentry but unmarried, Bridget would have lost her reputation had the illegitimate birth been known then.
From Salon ● May 22, 2023
The Virginia gentry were psychologically incapable of sharing Hamilton’s affinity with men who made their living manipulating interest rates.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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