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From gentle (“(archaic) well-born; of a good family or respectable birth”) + folk.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
gentlefolk
gen·tle·folkToday it means: People of superior social position. Full definition →
Today it means: People of superior social position. Full definition →
From gentle (“(archaic) well-born; of a good family or respectable birth”) + folk.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.