Aword used in jamestown to describe men who had money and power

Gentlemen is the word used in Jamestown to describe men who had money and power.

Jamestown is an English settlement in the Americas which is situated on the east bank of the Powhatan river. The people of Jamestown used the word ‘gentlemen’ to describe men who had money and power. The gentlemen were men of the upper-middle class or higher status society members who could afford and bought shares in the Virginia Company in London. The gentlemen were given the legal right to display arms, and can employ laborers to work for them.

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