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Gentleman

[jen-tl-muhn]

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noun, plural -men.

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.

EXPAND

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.

10.

History/Historical. a man who is above the rank of yeoman.

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Origin:
1225–75; Middle English; see gentle, man¹

Related forms

gen·tle·man·like, adjective

un·der·gen·tle·man, noun, plural -men.

un·gen·tle·man·like, adjective

Synonyms
4. See man.

Usage note
See lady.

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Example Sentences

There was no way a gentleman could refuse such warm invitations.

If you're a lady it's not uncommon for a gentleman to hold the door for you.

He had managed to remain a gentleman in a sport where brutality was so often the mark of a champion.

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There was no way a gentleman could refuse such warm invitations.

If you're a lady it's not uncommon for a gentleman to hold the door for you.

He had managed to remain a gentleman in a sport where brutality was so often the mark of a champion.

He was a distinguished gentleman in a blue overcoat and white.

But actual fingerprint examiners weren't involved with taking the fingerprints of the gentleman who was denied entry.

He is still sorely missed, a true gentleman if ever there was one.

After slipping on a children's toy, the retired gentleman could not get back up.

Why the gentleman from wherever the hell he comes from thinks in this manner only his higher power may be able to work out.

Your correspondent's lap was as good a place as any for one elderly gentleman.

He once had a gentleman pick him up on the side of the road and spend a whole day with him showing him the sights.

After locating this gentleman at a concert hall in fort lauderdale his reply was almost the same that it can't be real.

The gentleman who gave the show told me he made his first as a boy using a vacuum cleaner belt.

Once while performing this chore, a white gentleman approached me and offered me a job doing clean up work on his.

On the other hand a soft heart, it appears, wins a gentleman.

The immigration of illegal citizens is a dangerous and costly problem- as the above gentleman suggested.

Most of the time, this is an honor that went to gentleman who had been born gentleman-that is fairly high up on a social scale.

Daniels is a soft-spoken gentleman who carefully considers his answers, so the interview took a little longer than expected.

He's also a crack gentleman amateur political theorist.

As for the gentleman narrator, yes they were human monsters.

The older gentleman that you're mentioning, it seemed to me.

It is a young gentleman with hair way down past the epaulets of his tremendously oversized black wool overcoat.

The tape reveals this slightly tipsy gentleman declaring that his motto has always.

Methink the gentleman gets capuchins wrong, possibly chimpanzees as well.

The other gentleman extended the metaphor, but you extended to another level.

COLLAPSE

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World English Dictionary

gentleman (ˈdʒɛnt^əlmən)

—n , pl -men
1.	a man regarded as having qualities of refinement associated with a good family
2.	a man who is cultured, courteous, and well-educated
3.	a polite name for a man
4.	the personal servant of a gentleman (esp in the phrase gentleman's gentleman)
5.	(Brit) history a man of gentle birth, who was entitled to bear arms, ranking above a yeoman in social position
6.	(formerly) a euphemistic word for a: smuggler

'gentlemanly

—*adj*

'gentlemanliness

—n

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