Meaning of gentrice | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The state or quality of being high-born; gentility.
   archaic, uncountable
2. High-born individuals collectively; gentry.
   archaic, uncountable

Examples

““And where could I get⟳ a horse to him?” cried Alan, turning on her with the same appearance of fury. “Would ye have⟳ me steal⟳?” […] “Ye neednae tell⟳ me,” she said at last⟳—“ye’re gentry.” “Well,” said Alan, softened a little (I believe⟳ against his will) by this artless comment⟳, “and suppose⟳ we were? Did ever you hear⟳ that gentrice put⟳ money in folk’s pockets?””

“The tragedy, however, as Burke and other British statesmen were to declare⟳, had already been prepared indirectly by Gentlemen Johnny Burgoyne, whose claims to gentrice were as dubious as his talents as a general.”

“Where she came from no man could tell⟳. There were some said she was no woman, but a ghost haunting some mortal tenement. Others would threep she was gentrice, come⟳ of a persecuting family in the west, who had been ruined in the Revolution wars.”

“[…] I don't hold⟳ with gentrice who fetch⟳ their drink⟳ from London instead of helping local traders to get⟳ their living."”

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