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gentlefolk

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈd͡ʒɛntl̩fəʊk/Part of speech nounSorted eefgkllnotStarts with GEnds with K0 clues
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Definitions

  1. people of good family and breeding and high social status

Word origin

From gentle (“(archaic) well-born; of a good family or respectable birth”) + folk.

Used in a sentence

  • We ſay that Shores wife hath a prety foote, / A cherry lippe, a bonny eie, a paſſing pleaſing tongue: / And that the Queenes kindred are made gentlefolks.
  • Well, Gentlefolk, I dare now wage a Crown, / You take me for the verieſt Romp in Town,— / But ere I part from ye, I'll let you ſee, / There's other Molly Buxomes beſides me; [...]
  • What do gentlefolks come to an inn for, if it is not for entertainment and accommodation?

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