What is persons of gentle or good family and breeding. Etym: [Generally in the United States in the plural form.] Shak called?
gentlefolks — Persons of gentle or good family and breeding. Etym: [Generally in the United States in the plural form.] Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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