Aristocracy
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class Government by such a class, or a state with such a government A class of people considered (not normally universally) superior to others
Example sentence: An organized effort is making to deceive the people. There are two great enemies of thought and progress, the aristocracy of royalty and the aristocracy of gold.
Gentry
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Birth; condition; rank by birth.Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: People of education and good breeding.In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry.