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gentlewoman
[ jen-tl-woom-uhn ]
gentlewoman
/ ˈdʒɛntəlˌwʊmən /
noun
- archaic.a woman regarded as being of good family or breeding; lady
- rare.a woman who is cultured, courteous, and well-educated
- history a woman in personal attendance on a high-ranking lady
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Derived Forms
- ˈgentleˌwomanly, adjective
- ˈgentleˌwomanliness, noun
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Other Words From
- gentle·woman·ly adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gentlewoman1
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Example Sentences
There are spinsters, doctors, educated gentlewomen, badly behaved cads, servants, inspectors, ministers, you name it — all types who sometimes subvert but more often fulfill the stereotype.
Like my friend I used to play with in college, who worked in government and quit and now works in Virginia as a gentlewoman farmer, I had seen her maybe once in the last 10 years and now I see her every month.
He is unfit to be called a man, he is unworthy to marry a gentlewoman; and as for that hussy, I disown her.
Mr. Hill came to tell me that he had got a gentlewoman for my wife, one Mrs. Ferrabosco, that sings most admirably.
He sends for the young Sister; very pretty indeed, and a gentlewoman by birth, though penniless.
I will take no less for it, young gentlewoman; it has caused me a world of trouble.
Under other circumstances I should have judged her to have been a gentlewoman.
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