gentry
/ˈdʒentrɪ/noun
mass noun(常 the gentry)
1- people of good social position, specifically the class of people next below the nobility in position and birth社会地位高的人（专指仅次于贵族阶层的人）：
a member of the landed gentry.
有地产的上等阶层的一员。
1.1
- with adj. derogatory or humorous people of a specified kind〈贬或幽默〉特定种类的人：
radar devices beyond the comprehension of all but the bespectacled gentry who invented them.
除了那些戴眼镜的发明者谁也弄不懂的雷达装置。
词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'superiority of birth or rank'）： from Anglo-Norman French genterie, based on gentil （see GENTLE1 ）.