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The meaning of GENTLEMAN is a man of noble or gentle birth. How to use gentleman in a sentence.
It's the mark of a gentleman to stand up when someone enters the room. I am not personally acquainted with the gentleman in question. Ladies and gentlemen, air-traffic control has now cleared the plane for take-off. Shall we let the meeting commence, gentlemen?
The Complete English Gentleman (1630), by Richard Brathwait, shows the exemplary qualities of a gentleman. Gentleman (Old French: gentilz hom, gentle + man; abbreviated gent.) is a term for a chivalrous, courteous, or honorable man.
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.
gentleman, in English history, a man entitled to bear arms but not included in the nobility. In its original and strict sense the term denoted a man of good family , deriving from the Latin word gentilis and invariably translated in English -Latin documents as generosus .
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. British history. a man of gentle birth, who was entitled to bear arms, ranking above a yeoman in social position.
Definition of gentleman noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a man/woman who does not have to work. See gentleman in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: gentleman. Definition of gentleman noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of gentleman. noun. a man of refinement. see more. noun. a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer. synonyms: gentleman's gentleman, man, valet, valet de chambre. see more.
GENTLEMAN meaning: 1 : a man who treats other people in a proper and polite way; 2 : man used especially in polite speech or when speaking to a group of men
