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| has gloss | (noun) the gentry who own land (considered as a class) squirearchy, landed gentry |
| has gloss | eng: Landed gentry is a traditional British social class consisting of "gentlemen" in the original sense; that is, those who owned land in the form of country estates to such an extent that they were not required to actively work, except in an administrative capacity on their own lands. The estates were often (but not always) made up of tenanted farms, in which case the gentleman could live entirely off rent income. |
| lexicalization | eng: landed gentry |
| lexicalization | eng: squirearchy |
| subclass of | (noun) the most powerful members of a society gentry, aristocracy |
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| Czech | |
| lexicalization | ces: venkovská šlechta |
| German | |
| has gloss | deu: Als Landed Gentry (engl. „Landadel“) bezeichnet man seit dem 16. Jahrhundert in England eine nicht genau abgegrenzte Schicht des gehobenen Bürgertums und niederen Adels im Gegensatz zum höheren Adel (Peers oder Nobility), zu der vor allem Landbesitzer und Geistliche, seit dem späteren 19. Jahrhundert auch Akademiker, zählten. Die Gentry war sozial den Gemeinen (einfachen Bürgern) und Unfreien übergeordnet. |
| lexicalization | deu: Landed gentry |
| lexicalization | deu: Kleinadel |
| lexicalization | deu: Landadel |
| lexicalization | deu: Landjunkertum |
| Hungarian | |
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| lexicalization | hun: földbirtokos köznemesség |
| Ukrainian | |
| lexicalization | ukr: аграрії |
| lexicalization | ukr: землевласників |
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| similar | e/Landed gentry |
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| media:img | Trotter.blg.1898.jpg |
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