Aristocrat vs. Gentry — What's the Difference?

A member of a ruling class or of the nobility.

People of gentle birth, good breeding, or high social position.

A person having the tastes, manners, or other characteristics of the aristocracy

An upper or ruling class.

A person who advocates government by an aristocracy.

The class of English landowners ranking just below the nobility.

One considered the best of its kind

People of a particular class or group

One of the aristocracy, nobility, or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble (originally in Revolutionary France).

Birth; condition; rank by birth.

A proponent of aristocracy; an advocate of aristocratic government.

Courtesy; civility; complaisance.

One of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble.

People of education and good breeding.

One who is overbearing in his temper or habits; a proud or haughty person.

(British) In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry.

One who favors an aristocracy as a form of government, or believes the aristocracy should govern.

Birth; condition; rank by birth.

A member of the aristocracy

People of education and good breeding; in England, in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the yeomanry.

Courtesy; civility; complaisance.

The most powerful members of a society