indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage English (American)
Other Forms FormsJentry, Gentri, Jentri, Jentrie
Meaning & History
Transferred use of the surname Gentry or from the word gentry, referring to "people of education and good breeding; those people between the nobility and the yeomanry; courtesy; civility; complaisance". From the Old French genterise.