Dictionary entry

Gentry

Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛntri/

Pronunciation

/ˈdʒɛntri/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) အထက်တန်းလွှာ။

Definition

gentry / 'dʒentri / n (usu the gentry) [pl v ] လူရတတ္။ The local gentry ❍ a member of the landed gentry (ie those that own a lot of land). ❏ gentrify /'dʒentrÇfaÇ / v ( pt , pp -fied ) ( infml ) ေနအိမ္ စသည္ အဆင့္ျမင့္ မြမ္းမံျပင္ဆင္သည္။ gentrification n [U]

Examples

  1. The landed gentry