gentries
Upper social strata
Gentries is the plural of gentry, referring to multiple instances of the landowning upper class below the nobility, or to different regional or national versions of this social stratum: the gentries of England and France developed along different lines.
The word is uncommon, since gentry typically functions as a collective noun requiring no plural.
Rule by hereditary elite
- upper-classSocially and economically privileged
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- eliteSuperior select group
- landedCame to rest
privileged · bourgeoisie · well-born · patrician · blue-blooded · highborn · propertied · wealthy
Residential districts of towns
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
- renovationRestoring to good condition
- urbanizationPopulation shift toward cities
redevelopment · newcomers · hipsters · yuppies · brownstones · condos · artisanal · boutiques
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
- upper-classSocially and economically privileged
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- eliteSuperior select group
landed · privileged · bourgeoisie · well-born · patrician · blue-blooded · highborn · propertied · wealthy · refined
neighborhoods
Residential districts of towns
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
- renovationRestoring to good condition
urbanization · redevelopment · newcomers · hipsters · yuppies · brownstones · condos · artisanal · boutiques · evictions
gentriespeasantries
Agricultural working classes
lower classes · working classes · commoners · proletariats · underclasses
gentriespeasantries
Agricultural working classes
tenant farmers · serfs · farmhands · sharecroppers · cottagers
- gentrified areaNeighborhood transformed by wealth
gentrification, gentrify, gentrified, gentrifying, ungentrified