I'd always kind of assumed it meant something similar to being catapulted up to a higher station in life...gentry was where you landed, so to speak. It sounds silly now, lol.
Indeed, "landed" means having an estate in land (according to my dictionary) and now I see that landed gentry is someone of high rank...who owns land.
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Date: 2006-06-11 09:44 pm (UTC)Indeed, "landed" means having an estate in land (according to my dictionary) and now I see that landed gentry is someone of high rank...who owns land.
I feel so much smarter now.