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Landed gentry — Mr and Mrs Andrews (1748 49) is a painting by British artist Thomas Gainsborough depicting members of the landed gentry. National Gallery, London. Landed gentry is a traditional British social class, consisting of land owners who could live… … Wikipedia
Landed gentry — Als Landed Gentry (engl. „Landadel“) bezeichnet man seit dem 16. Jahrhundert in England eine nicht genau abgegrenzte Schicht des gehobenen Bürgertums und niederen Adels im Gegensatz zum höheren Adel (Peers oder Nobility), zu der vor allem… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Polish landed gentry — ( pl. ziemiaństwo, ziemianie, from ziemia , land ) historically was a social group of hereditary landowners who held manorial estates. Historically ziemiane consisted of hereditary nobles and landed commoners. The Constitution of 1496 restricted… … Wikipedia
Burke's Landed Gentry — (original title Burke s Commoners ) is the result of nearly two centuries of intense work by the Burke family, and others since, in building a collection of books of genealogical and heraldic interest, The History of Burke s Landed Gentry… … Wikipedia
Gentry — generally refers to people of high social class, especially in the past. The term derives from the Latin gens , meaning a clan or extended family. It has often referred to the class of people who owned land, but its precise meaning has varied… … Wikipedia
Landed nobility — is a category of nobility in various countries over the history, for which landownership was part of their noble privileges. Their character depends on the country.*Landed gentry is the landed nobility in the United Kingdom. *In Russian Empire… … Wikipedia
Nobility — Nobles redirects here. For other uses, see Nobles (disambiguation). For other uses, see Noble (disambiguation). Nobility is a social class which possesses more acknowledged privileges or eminence than members of most other classes in a society,… … Wikipedia
Gentry — Als Landed Gentry bezeichnet man seit dem 16. Jahrhundert in England eine nicht genau abgegrenzte Schicht des gehobenen Bürgertums und niederen Adels im Gegensatz zum höheren Adel (Peers oder Nobility), zu der vor allem Landbesitzer und… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Gentry — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Gentry (homonymie). La landed gentry est le nom donné à la bonne société anglaise, et en particulier à la noblesse non titrée. Elle est de bonne éducation et a des valeurs . Les membres de la gentry sont… … Wikipédia en Français
landed — [[t]læ̱ndɪd[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n Landed means owning or including a large amount of land, especially land that has belonged to the same family for several generations. Most of them were the nobility and the landed gentry. ...the erosion of the… … English dictionary
landed — land|ed [ˈlændıd] adj [only before noun] 1.) landed gentry/family/nobility a family or group that has owned a lot of land for a long time 2.) including a lot of land ▪ landed estates … Dictionary of contemporary English
