also: ジェントリ
noun
gentry
Refers to the social class of landowners and well-born people below the nobility, especially in historical British contexts. Used in discussions of history, literature, or sociology.
イギリスのジェントリーは、貴族と庶民の間に位置する階級だった。
The English gentry was a class positioned between the nobility and commoners.
彼の研究は18世紀のジェントリーの生活様式に焦
His research focuses on the lifestyle of the 18th-century gentry.
上流階級 is a broader term for 'upper class' in any society, whereas ジェントリー specifically denotes the historical British gentry.
Borrowed from English 'gentry', referring to the social class of well-born, landowning people below the nobility.