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gentleman
[ jen-tl-muhn ]
noun
- a man of good family, breeding, or social position.
- (used as a polite term) a man:
Do you know that gentleman over there?
- gentlemen, (used as a form of address):
Gentlemen, please come this way.
- a civilized, educated, sensitive, or well-mannered man:
He behaved like a true gentleman.
- a male personal servant, especially of a man of social position; valet.
- a male attendant upon a king, queen, or other royal person, who is himself of high birth or rank.
- a man of good social standing, as a noble or an armigerous commoner.
- a man with an independent income who does not work for a living.
- a male member of the U.S. Senate or House of Representatives:
The chair recognizes the gentleman from Massachusetts.
- History/Historical. a man who is above the rank of yeoman.
gentleman
/ ˈɛԳəə /
noun
- a man regarded as having qualities of refinement associated with a good family
- a man who is cultured, courteous, and well-educated
- a polite name for a man
- the personal servant of a gentleman (esp in the phrase gentleman's gentleman )
- history a man of gentle birth, who was entitled to bear arms, ranking above a yeoman in social position
- (formerly) a smuggler
Derived Forms
- ˈԳٱԱ, adjective
- ˈԳٱԱԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- t·· adjective
- ܲd·t· noun plural undergentlemen
- un·t·· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of gentleman1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Playwright Sir David Hare described Lee as "a consummate gentleman".
His employer described him as a "true gentleman" and said colleagues were "distraught" at his death.
“This gentleman here,” Wilson said loudly, “has an uncanny ability to communicate with them all.”
Its most cancerous component may be acting Ice Director Tom Homan, a gentleman that political analyst Norm Ornstein calls a “psychopath and Nazi.”
Given that those two gentlemen did their thing in 1914 and 1925, you get a sense of the scale of what the young Bordeaux wizard has been doing.
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