gentlefolk
noun
persons of good family and breeding.
gentlefolks
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a variation of
gentlefolk.
Example Sentences
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I went into Nombers of there shops and would say, your servent gentlefolks, I wish you much Joy with the nuse of peace.
From Time Magazine Archive
You are not acquainted with all the good qualities of gentlefolks yet.
From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Gordon Stables
His people were gentlefolks; so was he; showed it in every word he spoke, poor old boy.
From A Humble Enterprise by Ada Cambridge
He had the character, among the gentlefolks, of being such a well-behaved man that they were determined to bring him on.
From Dickens As an Educator by James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
Well, it is evident they know we are gentlefolks.
From Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers by Gordon Stables
