gentlefolk

Noun

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)gentlefolks

  1. people of good family and breeding and high social statusType of folk, folks
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Gen′tle·folk′, Gen′tle·folks′ (…), plural noun

Persons of gentle or good family and breeding. Generally in the United States in the plural form. William Shakespeare

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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