gentleman
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/ˈdʒɛn.təl.mən/
English
Definitions
noun
- A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; an armiferous man ranking below a knight.“Being a gentleman, Robert was entitled to shove other commoners into the gongpit but he still had to jump out of the way of the knights to avoid the same fate himself.”
- Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.
- An effeminate or oversophisticated man.“Well, la-di-da, aren't you just a proper gentleman?”
- (polite term of address) Any man.“Please escort this gentleman to the gentlemen's room.”
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