gentry

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   Birth; condition; rank by birth.
2. 2
   Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
3. 3
   People of education and good breeding.
4. 4
   In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname.
2. 2
   A place in the United States: A city in Benton County, Arkansas.
3. 3
   A place in the United States: A village in Gentry County, Missouri.
4. 4
   A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Potter County, Texas.