gentlefolk
plural noun
gen·tle·folk
ˈjen-tᵊl-ˌfōk 
variants
or less commonly gentlefolks
: persons of gentle or good family and breeding
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an 18th-century painter whose works are typically of well-dressed gentlefolk wooing and frolicking in sylvan settings
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Franken even delivered a handwritten note because that’s what gentlefolk of the Senate do.
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Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2021
For the most part, however, the contract is implicit, because the gentlefolk of Singapore know to mind their own business, while the authorities settle an intoxicating bliss on the clean, green city-state.
—The Economist, 17 Apr. 2021
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Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2021
For the most part, however, the contract is implicit, because the gentlefolk of Singapore know to mind their own business, while the authorities settle an intoxicating bliss on the clean, green city-state.
—The Economist, 17 Apr. 2021
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gentlefolk
plural noun
gen·tle·folk
ˈjent-ᵊl-ˌfōk
variants
also gentlefolks
: persons belonging to a family of high social rank
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